Exploited. On CISA's list since 2021-12-10.
Red Hat Linux JBoss Seam 2 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2010-1871 · Red Hat JBoss Seam 2 · Published 2010-08-05
How bad would it be?
8.8 out of 10
CVSS rates it high.
How likely is it to be used?
83%
Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, among the top 1% of all scored flaws (EPSS, 2026-10-29).
Is it already being used?
Yes
CISA has seen it exploited in real attacks. For US government agencies the fix is deadline passed 1603 days ago (2022-06-10).
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
JBoss Seam 2 (jboss-seam2), as used in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for Red Hat Linux, allows attackers to perform remote code execution. This vulnerability can only be exploited when the Java Security Manager is not properly configured.
What the flaw is
JBoss Seam 2 (jboss-seam2), as used in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for Red Hat Linux, does not properly sanitize inputs for JBoss Expression Language (EL) expressions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when the Java Security Manager is not properly configured.
From the NVD.
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CWE-917 · NVD record: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0; NVD record: nvd@nist.gov. We have not selected a close learning match for this label.
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