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CVE-2018-12533

42
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12533 is a critical vulnerability affecting JBoss RichFaces versions 3.1.0 through 3.3.4, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to inject Expression Language (EL) expressions. This flaw enables arbitrary Java code execution through a specific path containing "/DATA/" and an ImageData object. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it poses a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.1.0, <= 3.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:richfaces:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
21.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2137 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss EAP 5Fixed in: RichFaces
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5Fixed in: richfaces-0:3.3.1-7.SP3_patch_02.ep5.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6Fixed in: richfaces-0:3.3.1-4.SP3_patch_02.ep5.el6_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.3Fixed in: RichFaces
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Developer Studio 11Fixed in: RichFaces
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5Fixed in: RichFaces
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5Fixed in: RichFaces

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-4j38-wjhf-884rcritical

Arbitrary code execution in Richfaces

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2018-12533Critical

RichFaces: Injection of arbitrary EL expressions allows remote code execution via org.richfaces.renderkit.html.Paint2DResource

May 30, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2663
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2664
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2930
Third Party Advisory
codewhitesec.blogspot.com / 2018/05/poor-richfaces.html
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/21
securityfocus.com / bid/104502
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041617
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry