CVE-2018-14667
Published 2018-11-06 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secalert@redhat.com
Summary
CVE-2018-14667 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Red Hat JBoss RichFaces Framework. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 28, 2023, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by October 19, 2023. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Red Hat has 9 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 4 of them linked to ransomware.
All 9 known-exploited Red Hat vulnerabilities →Description
The RichFaces Framework 3.X through 3.3.4 is vulnerable to Expression Language (EL) injection via the UserResource resource. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code using a chain of java serialized objects via org.ajax4jsf.resource.UserResource$UriData.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Red Hat — JBoss RichFaces Framework
Name: Red Hat JBoss RichFaces Framework Expression Language Injection Vulnerability
Date added: 2023-09-28 · Due: 2023-10-19
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156663/Richsploit-RichFaces-Exploitation-Toolkit.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/21
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042037
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3517
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3518
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3519
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3581
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14667

