CVE-2012-1154

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-10-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

mod_cluster 1.0.10 before 1.0.10 CP03 and 1.1.x before 1.1.4, as used in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2, when "ROOT" is set to excludedContexts, exposes the root context of the server, which allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions and gain access to applications deployed on the root context via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Red Hat JBoss EAP: 5.1.2
RedHat Mod Cluster: 1.0.10, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1010.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1011.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1012.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1052.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1053.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1166.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49636
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=802200
https://community.jboss.org/message/624018
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/MODCLUSTER-253
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1010.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1011.html

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