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CVE-2011-4085 JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

Affected softwareJBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Severity6.8 Medium CVSS 2.0
WeaknessImproper authentication (CWE-287)
Published23 Nov 2012
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

The servlets invoked by httpha-invoker in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform before 5.1.2, SOA Platform before 5.2.0, BRMS Platform before 5.3.0, and Portal Platform before 4.3 CP07 perform access control only for the GET and POST methods, which allow remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending a request with a different method. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2010-0738 regression.

Exploitation status

Exploited

Real-world exploitation reported by VulnCheck KEV. CISA has not confirmed it.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV listed Exploitation reported in the wild. 1 citation · earliest 2025-07-14.
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 2.9% chance in 30 days

VulnCheck KEV

Exploitation evidence from VulnCheck Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (VulnCheck KEV), used under VulnCheck's community terms. View CVE-2011-4085 in VulnCheck (free account).

EvidenceSourceDetailDate
Reported exploitation acn.gov.it /portale/w/distribuzione-di-payload-malevoli-tramite-vulnerabilita-note 2025-07-14

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug
Finding A Red Hat Bugzilla ticket (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750422) tracks the fix. That makes this CVE a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: whether one can be derived depends on reading the upstream change the ticket links.
Candidate fix https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750422 : a Red Hat bug: the triage, which links onward to the fix

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

4 products, 26 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd redhat jboss enterprise application platform generic 4.2.0 · 4.3.0 · 5.0.0 · 5.0.1 · 5.1.0 · ≤ 5.1.1
nvd redhat jboss enterprise brms platform generic ≤ 5.2.0
nvd redhat jboss enterprise portal platform generic ≤ 4.3.0
nvd redhat jboss enterprise soa platform generic 4.2.0 · 4.2.0:cp01 · 4.2.0:cp02 · 4.2.0:tp02 · 4.2.0:cp03 · 4.2.0:cp04 · 4.2.0:cp05 · 4.3.0 · 4.3.0:cp01 · 4.3.0:cp02 · 4.3.0:cp03 · 4.3.0:cp04 · 4.3.0:cp05 · 5.0.0 · 5.0.1 · 5.0.2 · 5.1.0 · ≤ 5.1.1

References

URLTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750422 bugzilla
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1456.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1798.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1799.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1800.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1805.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1822.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0091.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1028.html Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47169 Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published2012-11-23By the CVE Program.
VulnCheck KEV: earliest evidence2025-07-14Date of the oldest evidence of exploitation in VulnCheck KEV's record. VulnCheck does not publish the date it listed the CVE.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.