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.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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. (CVE-2018-14667)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3517 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss     Application Server.

    This asynchronous patch is a security update for the RichFaces package in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise     Application Platform 5.2.

    Security Fix(es):

    * RichFaces: Expression Language injection via UserResource allows for unauthenticated remote code     execution (CVE-2018-14667)

    See https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3660371 for specific information regarding this flaw.

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Red Hat would like to thank Joao Filho Matos Figueiredo for reporting this issue.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
416214	SCA: security update for org.richfaces:richfaces-core (GHSA-j7mw-7crr-658v)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	critical
416214	SCA: security update for org.richfaces:richfaces-core (GHSA-j7mw-7crr-658v)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	critical
118943	RHEL 5 / 6 : JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 (RHSA-2018:3517)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical

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