Known Exploited Vulnerability

CVE-2018-14667

Red Hat JBoss RichFaces Framework Expression Language Injection Vulnerability

Past federal due date 22 public exploits Added 28 Sept 2023 Due 19 Oct 2023 · 1023 days ago

VendorRed Hat

ProductJBoss RichFaces Framework

WeaknessCWE-94

RansomwareNone confirmed

What the flaw is

Red Hat JBoss RichFaces Framework contains an expression language injection vulnerability via the UserResource resource. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious code using a chain of Java serialized objects via org.ajax4jsf.resource.UserResource$UriData.

Description as published by CISA. We have not independently reproduced it.

What CISA requires

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

This deadline is binding on US federal civilian agencies under BOD 22-01. It is not a legal deadline for anyone else, but it is a useful urgency signal — CISA sets it by how actively the flaw is being used, not by CVSS.

Public exploit code

22 public repositories referencing this CVE have been catalogued on GitHub. Treat this as a strong signal to prioritise patching, not as a verified working exploit — many such repositories are scanners, write-ups or forks rather than functional code.

Showing 8 of 22. Full list in the trickest/cve dataset.

Vendor advisories

Primary sources

Share

Was this page helpful?

If something here is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will check the source.

Report an error

Other Red Hat entries

See all

CVE-2021-3560

Source: CISA KEV catalog · last verified August 6, 2026. Rebuilt automatically twice a day.