Is CVE-2014-7849 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-7849 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-7849?

CVE-2014-7849 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-7849

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 1.3%EU EUVD

The Role Based Access Control (RBAC) implementation in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.2.0 through 6.3.2 does not properly verify authorization conditions, which allows remote authenticated users to add, modify, and undefine otherwise restricted attributes by leveraging the Maintainer role.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 1.3% (69th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-7699)
Published: February 13, 2015
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-7699 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected 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

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 Version 6.2.2 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0909-2015 - archived

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0215.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0216.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0217.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0218.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0920.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031741
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165170(Vendor Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100890

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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