CVE-2011-2196
jboss-seam.jar in the JBoss Seam 2 framework 2.2.x and earlier, as distributed in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4.3.0.CP05 and 5.1.0; JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.3.0, 4.3.0.CP09, and 5.1.1; and JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.1.1, does not properly restrict use of Expression Language (EL) statements in FacesMessages during page exception handling, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via a crafted URL to an application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1484.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2187)
- Published
- July 27, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2187 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / jboss enterprise application platform
- redhat / jboss enterprise application platform
- redhat / jboss enterprise application platform
- redhat / jboss enterprise soa platform
- redhat / jboss enterprise soa platform
- redhat / jboss enterprise web platform
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
- redhat / jboss seam 2 framework
Certified products that may be affected
2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 Version 5.1.0 and 5.1.1 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0687-2011 - archived
- JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Version 4.3 CP03 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0531-2009 - archived
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0945.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0946.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0947.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0948.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0949.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0950.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0951.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0952.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48716
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712283
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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