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CVE-2010-2493

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-08-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-16

Description

The default configuration of the deployment descriptor (aka web.xml) in picketlink-sts.war in (1) the security_saml quickstart, (2) the webservice_proxy_security quickstart, (3) the web-console application, (4) the http-invoker application, (5) the gpd-deployer application, (6) the jbpm-console application, (7) the contract application, and (8) the uddi-console application in JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform before 5.0.2 contains GET and POST http-method elements, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted HTTP request.

Affected products

• RedHat Jboss Enterprise Soa Platform: through 5.0.1; 4.2.0, 4.2.0-cp01, 4.2.0-cp02, 4.2.0-cp03, 4.2.0-cp04, 4.2.0-cp05 (+7)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/40681
• http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/JBoss_SOA_Platform/5.0.2/html/5.0.2_Release_Notes/index.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=614774
• https://jira.jboss.org/browse/SOA-2105
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40681
• http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/JBoss_SOA_Platform/5.0.2/html/5.0.2_Release_Notes/index.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=614774
• https://jira.jboss.org/browse/SOA-2105

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