PT-2018-12653

CVE-2018-14667

Published

2018-11-06

Updated

2025-11-03

Description by

CVSS 3.1

9.8

Critical

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions RichFaces Framework versions 3.X through 3.3.4

Description The RichFaces Framework is susceptible to Expression Language (EL) injection through the UserResource resource. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can potentially execute arbitrary code by exploiting a chain of Java serialized objects via org.ajax4jsf.resource.UserResource$UriData. This issue is currently being exploited in attacks, as indicated by CISA advisories.

Recommendations Versions prior to 3.4 are affected.

Exploitability

Exploit

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Joao Filho Matos Figueiredo

Sam Fowler

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code (\'Code Injection\')