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CVE-2018-12533 RichFaces

Affected softwareRichFaces
Severity9.8 Critical CVSS 3.0 2 scores
WeaknessExpression language injection (CWE-917)
Published18 Jun 2018
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

JBoss RichFaces 3.1.0 through 3.3.4 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject expression language (EL) expressions and execute arbitrary Java code via a /DATA/ substring in a path with an org.richfaces.renderkit.html.Paint2DResource$ImageData object, aka RF-14310.

Exploitation status

Proof of concept only

A proof of concept exists, but no reviewed exploit catalogue lists this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 5 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in GitHub PoC; first seen 2018-12-15.
  • EPSS 19% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

4 of these are GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars. They are listed for reference and don't count toward the exploitation status above.

IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
GitHub PoC RF-14310 / CVE-2018-12533 - Payload generator 9 2018-12-15
GitHub PoC mhagnumdw/richfaces-vulnerability-cve-2018-12533-rf-14310 2 2025-04-22
GitHub PoC Deliberately vulnerable CTF lab reproducing CVE-2018-12533 (RichFaces Paint2DResource EL injection) end to end. 1 2026-10-01
GitHub PoC Simplest and most reliable RichFaces Paint2DResource CVE-2018-12533 RF-14310 exploit PoC 1 2025-11-24
GitHub PoC Pastea/CVE-2018-12533 1 2021-11-08

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 The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read
Finding This CVE affects an open-source Java library published on Maven Central (Maven packages: org.richfaces:richfaces-core), so it is squarely in ARMR's territory and the source needed to understand the defect is public. That makes it a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the diff between the affected and fixed versions has not been read, and a closer look may find no hook point ARMR can act on.

CVSS

9.8 CRITICAL v3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 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.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.0 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 7.5 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.richfaces:richfaces-core 3.1.0 none 3.3.4

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
osv org.richfaces richfaces-core generic ≥ 3.1.0 and ≤ 3.3.4
nvd redhat richfaces generic ≥ 3.1.0 and ≤ 3.3.4

References

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

Timeline

Published2018-06-18By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.