`CVE-2010-1871` JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

Affected software	JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Severity	8.8 High CVSS 3.1 3 scores
Weakness	Expression language injection (CWE-917)
Published	5 Aug 2010
Updated	29 Sep 2026

Description

JBoss Seam 2 (jboss-seam2), as used in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for Red Hat Linux, does not properly sanitize inputs for JBoss Expression Language (EL) expressions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when the Java Security Manager is not properly configured.

Exploitation status

Exploited

Confirmed real-world exploitation.

CISA KEV listed Confirmed exploitation in the wild. Added 2021-12-10 · remediation due 2022-06-10 · ransomware use: unknown
VulnCheck KEV listed Exploitation reported in the wild. 4 citations · earliest 2011-07-30.
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: active CISA records active exploitation. Automatable: no, technical impact: total.
Indexed PoC 2 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB, Metasploit; first seen 2015-04-06.
EPSS 83% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs.

VulnCheck KEV

Exploitation evidence from VulnCheck Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (VulnCheck KEV), used under VulnCheck's community terms. View CVE-2010-1871 in VulnCheck (free account).

Evidence	Source	Detail	Date
Reported exploitation	raesene.github.io	/blog/2011/07/30/from-poc-to-shell-cve-2010-1871	2011-07-30
Reported exploitation	blogs.juniper.net	/en-us/threat-research/everything-but-the-kitchen-sink-more-attacks-from-the-gitpaste-12-worm	2020-12-14
Reported exploitation	cisa.gov	/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json	2021-12-10
Reported exploitation	vulone.com	/blog/a-china-linked-operator-used-ai-agents-to-attack-governments-across-asia	2026-10-19

Evidence

Source

Detail

Date

Reported exploitation

raesene.github.io

/blog/2011/07/30/from-poc-to-shell-cve-2010-1871

2011-07-30

Reported exploitation

blogs.juniper.net

/en-us/threat-research/everything-but-the-kitchen-sink-more-attacks-from-the-gitpaste-12-worm

2020-12-14

Reported exploitation

cisa.gov

/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

2021-12-10

Reported exploitation

vulone.com

/blog/a-china-linked-operator-used-ai-agents-to-attack-governments-across-asia

2026-10-19

Index	Artifact	Stars	First seen
Exploit-DB	JBoss Seam 2 - Arbitrary File Upload / Execution (Metasploit)		2015-04-06
Metasploit	JBoss Seam 2 File Upload and Execute (normal rank)

Index

Artifact

Stars

First seen

Exploit-DB

JBoss Seam 2 - Arbitrary File Upload / Execution (Metasploit)

2015-04-06

Metasploit

JBoss Seam 2 File Upload and Execute (normal rank)

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

Protection full Process, Filesystem
Action available security rule
Review human Researcher
Record active

Decided by	A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE
Finding	A researcher found this CVE protected by the ARMR Process rule, ARMR Filesystem Write.

Decided by

A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

Finding

A researcher found this CVE protected by the ARMR Process rule, ARMR Filesystem Write.

Waratek research note

written 2026-11-13

Written by a Waratek engineer who reviewed this CVE. Their decision sets the status above, ahead of every automated rule except a withdrawal.

Comments

Rule Name: ARMR Process rule, ARMR Filesystem Write

Seam 2 EL injection (CWE-917) RCE. The Process rule (with /bin/* and /usr/* listed) blocks the Runtime.exec exploit; a filesystem write rule on the webroot blocks the FileOutputStream JAR/JSP stager. An expression that reads files or data directly in Java, without starting a program or writing to the webroot, is not stopped.

How to mitigate CVE-2010-1871

Apply the vendor's fix for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its process and filesystem rules. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

CVSS

8.8 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.1 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published

CVSS 3.1 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CISA-ADP Secondary

CVSS 2.0 6.8 none AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	8.8	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`	NVD	Primary	published
CVSS 3.1	8.8	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`	CISA-ADP	Secondary
CVSS 2.0	6.8	none	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`	NVD	Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

4 products, 4 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	netapp	oncommand balance	generic	any version
nvd	netapp	oncommand insight	generic	any version
nvd	netapp	oncommand unified manager	generic	any version
nvd	redhat	jboss enterprise application platform	generic	4.3.0

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

netapp

oncommand balance

generic

any version

nvd

netapp

oncommand insight

generic

any version

nvd

netapp

oncommand unified manager

generic

any version

nvd

redhat

jboss enterprise application platform

generic

4.3.0

References

URL	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0117.html	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0564.html	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41994	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024253	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1929	Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615956	Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60794	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20161017-0001/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-1871	US Government Resource

URL

Timeline

Published	2010-08-05	By the CVE Program.
VulnCheck KEV: earliest evidence	2011-07-30	Date of the oldest evidence of exploitation in VulnCheck KEV's record. VulnCheck does not publish the date it listed the CVE.
Added to CISA KEV	2021-12-10	Listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
NVD record modified	2026-06-16	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.
Last VRT activity	2026-09-29	Most recent commit touching this CVE's classification, patch or rule file.
VulnCheck KEV: latest evidence	2026-10-19	Date of the newest report, exploit reference or honeypot sighting in VulnCheck KEV's record.
Classification created	2026-11-13	First commit adding this CVE's research note.

Published

2010-08-05

By the CVE Program.

VulnCheck KEV: earliest evidence

2011-07-30

Date of the oldest evidence of exploitation in VulnCheck KEV's record. VulnCheck does not publish the date it listed the CVE.

Added to CISA KEV

2021-12-10

Listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

NVD record modified

2026-06-16

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Last VRT activity

2026-09-29

Most recent commit touching this CVE's classification, patch or rule file.

VulnCheck KEV: latest evidence

2026-10-19

Date of the newest report, exploit reference or honeypot sighting in VulnCheck KEV's record.

Classification created

2026-11-13

First commit adding this CVE's research note.

How VRT decided (4 of 24 rules ran)

4 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification decided it matched Protected by Waratek A researcher found this CVE protected by the ARMR Process rule, ARMR Filesystem Write.

5 manual classification not reached Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream not reached A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component not reached The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side not reached Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven not reached An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint not reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven not reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable not reached An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit not reached Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match not reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc not reached Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold not reached Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published not reached Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

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