CVE-2019-14838: red hat wildfly-core Improper Access Control
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-14838 is a medium (CVSS 5.2) Improper Access Control vulnerability in red hat wildfly-core. EPSS estimates a 1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.2, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6Timeline
- 14-10-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A flaw was found in wildfly-core before 7.2.5.GA. The Management users with Monitor, Auditor and Deployer Roles should not be allowed to modify the runtime state of the server
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated4.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVDNIST5.2MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated5.2MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.14%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
67%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.14% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-284Improper Access ControlThe product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
- CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementThe product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, administrative account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat9 products
- data_grid7.3.4
- jboss_enterprise_application_platform7.2.0 | 7.2.5 | 7.3.0 | 7.2.4
- single_sign-on7.3.5
- wildfly_core7.0.0 | 7.0.0:alpha1 | 7.0.0:alpha2 | 7.0.0:alpha3 | 7.0.0:alpha4 | 7.0.0:alpha5 | 7.0.0:beta1 | 7.0.0:cr1
- eap7-wildfly< 0:7.2.4-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | < 0:7.2.4-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap | < 0:7.2.4-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
Org.wildfly.core1 product
- wildfly-host-controller< 7.2.5.GA
Red hat1 product
- wildfly-core< 7.2.5.GA
3 vendors · 11 products
References
24 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14838X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor AdvisoryWEB
