CVE-2012-4529: redhat jboss_community_application_server
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-4529 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in redhat jboss_community_application_server. EPSS estimates a 1.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 28-10-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The org.apache.catalina.connector.Response.encodeURL method in Red Hat JBoss Web 7.1.x and earlier, when the tracking mode is set to COOKIE, sends the jsessionid in the URL of the first response of a session, which allows remote attackers to obtain the session id (1) via a man-in-the-middle attack or (2) by reading a log.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.98%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
81%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.98% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat2 products
- jboss_community_application_server≤ 7.1.1 | 5.0.0 | 5.0.1 | 5.1.0 | 6.0.0 | 6.1.0 | 7.0.0 | 7.0.1 | 7.0.2 | 7.1.0
- jboss_enterprise_application_platform6.0.0
1 vendor · 2 products
References
6 links- issues.jboss.org/browse/JBWEB-249X Refsource CONFIRM