VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-5422
The web console in Red Hat JBoss Operations Network (JON) before 3.3.7 does not properly authorize requests to add users with the super user role, which allows remote authenticated users to gain admin privileges via a crafted POST request.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.14%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The web console in Red Hat JBoss Operations Network (JON) before 3.3.7 does not properly authorize requests to add users with the super user role, which allows remote authenticated users to gain admin privileges via a crafted POST request.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.14% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- redhat/jboss operations network
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1785.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92722Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1785.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92722Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.