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CVE-2014-0248

MEDIUM · 6.8 CVSS v2.0 Published 2014-07-07
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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77/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
org.jboss.seam.web.AuthenticationFilter in Red Hat JBoss Web Framework Kit 2.5.0, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBEAP) 5.2.0, and JBoss Enterprise Web Platform (JBEWP) 5.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted authentication header, related to Seam logging.

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 confidence

The org.jboss.seam.web.AuthenticationFilter in JBoss Seam-based products (JBoss Web Framework Kit 2.5.0, JBEAP 5.2.0, JBEWP 5.2.0) does not properly sanitize authentication headers before passing them to the Seam logging framework, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary code through crafted authentication headers.

MitigationApply vendor patches from Red Hat for the affected JBoss Enterprise platforms, or implement header validation at a reverse proxy/WAF layer to filter malicious authentication headers before they reach the application.

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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 Enterprise Application PlatformApplication
Affected:= 5.2.0
Jboss Enterprise Web PlatformApplication
Affected:= 5.2.0
Jboss Web Framework KitApplication
Affected:= 2.5.0

CVSS 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
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify the installed JBoss product and version
    Check the version of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, JBoss Enterprise Web Platform, or JBoss Web Framework Kit installed in your environment. Look for version files or use system inventory tools to determine the exact version number.
    Affected if The installed version matches 5.2.0 for JBEAP or JBEWP, or 2.5.0 for JBoss Web Framework Kit.
  2. Locate the AuthenticationFilter class
    Search for the org.jboss.seam.web.AuthenticationFilter class in the deployed application binaries or JBoss libraries. This class is part of the JBoss Seam framework.
    Affected if The AuthenticationFilter class exists in your deployment and is from an affected JBoss Seam version.
  3. Check web.xml for AuthenticationFilter configuration
    Inspect the web.xml deployment descriptor (typically in WEB-INF/web.xml or conf/web.xml) for a filter definition and mapping referencing org.jboss.seam.web.AuthenticationFilter.
    Affected if The AuthenticationFilter is configured and enabled in the web.xml.
  4. Inspect authentication header processing
    Review the Seam logging configuration and any custom authentication code that processes HTTP headers. Look for places where authentication headers (such as X-Forwarded-For, Authorization, or custom headers) are passed to logging methods without sanitization.
    Affected if Authentication headers are logged or processed by the Seam framework without input validation.
  5. Verify external header injection is possible
    Test whether external user-supplied authentication headers can be injected into logs by sending crafted requests with special characters in authentication-related headers.
    Affected if The application passes unsanitized authentication headers to the logging framework, allowing log injection.

You are affected if you are running JBEAP 5.2.0, JBEWP 5.2.0, or JBoss Web Framework Kit 2.5.0 with the AuthenticationFilter enabled and authentication headers being logged without sanitization.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply vendor patches from Red Hat for the affected JBoss Enterprise platforms, or implement header validation at a reverse proxy/WAF layer to filter malicious authentication headers before they reach the application.

Fix this in Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Scoped from the published advisory
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