Jboss Business Rules Management SystemApplication · Redhat
CVE-2010-3857
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedJBoss BRMS before 5.1.0 has a XSS vulnerability via asset=UUID parameter.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceJBoss BRMS before version 5.1.0 contains a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The asset parameter (accepting a UUID value) does not properly sanitize user-supplied input, allowing an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript that executes in the context of the victim's browser.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Jboss Business Rules Management SystemApplication
< 5.1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify JBoss BRMS installationLocate JBoss BRMS installation directory, typically under $JBOSS_HOME/server/all/deploy/ or check for drools*.jar files in the deployments folder. Also check for jboss-soa-p or similar naming conventions in the application server directory structure.Affected if JBoss BRMS is not found on the system
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Determine installed JBoss BRMS versionCheck the manifest file or version metadata within the drools-core, drools-compiler, or jboss-brms*.jar files in the installation. Also check any version.txt, readme, or build number files in the BRMS deployment directory.Affected if Version is not found or cannot be determined
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Compare version to affected rangeCompare the installed version number to the vulnerable range: versions before 5.1.0. Look for version information in JAR file names, manifest.mf files, or configuration descriptors.Affected if Installed version is lower than 5.1.0 (for example, 5.0.x, 4.x, etc.)
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Verify web console accessibilityAccess the JBoss BRMS web console URL, typically at /jboss-brms/ or /drools-guvnor/ or /org.drools.guvnor.Guvnor/ on the JBoss server. The XSS is exploitable through HTTP requests to this interface.Affected if Web console is accessible and unauthenticated or authenticated users can be targeted
A system is affected if JBoss BRMS is installed with a version lower than 5.1.0 and the web interface is accessible to potential attackers.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data5.1.0
Upgrade JBoss BRMS to version 5.1.0 or later, which includes the security patch for this XSS vulnerability.
Fix this in Jboss Business Rules Management System
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2010-3857 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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