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Vulnerability · CVE-2010-0738

Red Hat JBoss Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Published Apr 28, 2010 · catalog updated Oct 2, 2026 · Red Hat JBoss

Patch now

CVE-2010-0738 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 15, 2022. Confirm Red Hat JBoss against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Medium5.3
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
74.72%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe redhat/jboss enterprise application platform · vendor Red Hat JBoss · vendor n/a n/a

The JMX-Console web application in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.2 before 4.2.0.CP09 and 4.3 before 4.3.0.CP08 performs access control only for the GET and POST methods, which allows remote attackers to send requests to this application's GET handler by using a different method.

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  • cpe redhat/jboss enterprise application platform4.2.0
  • cpe redhat/jboss enterprise application platform4.3.0
  • vendor Red Hat JBossversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2010-0738

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2010-0738 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 15, 2022. Confirm Red Hat JBoss against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with redhat/jboss enterprise application platform 4.2.0; redhat/jboss enterprise application platform 4.3.0. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-264; CWE-749. EPSS 74.72%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 28, 2010 · Catalog

    Detected

    The JMX-Console web application in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.2 before 4.2.0.CP09 and 4.3 before 4.3.0.CP08 performs access control only for the GET and POST methods, which allows remote attackers to send requests to this application's GET handler by using a different method.

  2. May 25, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Jun 15, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Oct 2, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    The JMX-Console web application in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.2 before 4.2.0.CP09 and 4.3 before 4.3.0.CP08 performs access control only for the GET and POST methods, which allows remote attackers to send requests to this application's GET handler by using a different method.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2010-0738

    The JMX-Console web application in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform performs access control only for the GET and POST methods, which allows remote attackers to send requests to this application's GET handler by using a different method.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2010-0738

    The JMX-Console web application in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.2 before 4.2.0.CP09 and 4.3 before 4.3.0.CP08 performs access control only for the GET and POST methods, which allows remote attackers to send requests to this a

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2010-0738

    30-day exploitation probability 74.7%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference16274

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference16316

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference17924

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleauxiliary_admin/http/jboss_bshdeployer

    Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleauxiliary_admin/http/jboss_deploymentfilerepository

    Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleauxiliary_scanner/http/jboss_vulnscan

    Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2010-0738

    The JMX-Console web application in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.2 before 4.2.0.CP09 and 4.3 before 4.3.0.CP08 performs access control only for the GET and POST methods, which allows remote attackers to send requests to this a

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2010-0738

    The JMX-Console web application in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform performs access control only for the GET and POST methods, which allows remote attackers to send requests to this application's GET handler by using a different method.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.