CVE-2012-4549
A flaw was found in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. The `processInvocation` function within the `org.jboss.as.ejb3.security.AuthorizationInterceptor` component incorrectly authorizes all requests when no roles are defined for an Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) method invocation. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions for EJB methods, leading to unauthorized access to sensitive functionalities.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-266
- EPSS score
- 1.3% (70th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4477)
- Published
- January 5, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4477 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on May 14, 2026.
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 application platform
- redhat / jboss enterprise application platform
- redhat / jboss enterprise application platform
- redhat / jboss enterprise application platform
- redhat / jboss enterprise application platform
- redhat / jboss enterprise application platform
- redhat / jboss enterprise application platform
- redhat / jboss enterprise application platform
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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1591.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1592.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1594.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51607(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1591
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1592
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1594
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4549
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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