Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-10934 is a stored or reflected XSS risk in the JBoss Management Console. A lower-privileged user who can create objects could use the console to target a more privileged user, potentially exposing data or causing unauthorized actions in that user’s browser.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate-priority maintenance and access-control issue. It is not shown as actively exploited, but it can let a lower-privileged insider or compromised account target administrators. Prioritize systems where the management console is reachable beyond a small admin group.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-79 cross-site scripting in Red Hat wildfly-core/JBoss Management Console, described for versions before 7.1.6.CR1 and 7.1.6.GA. CVSS 3.0 is 5.4: network reachable, low complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required, changed scope, low confidentiality and integrity impact, no availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in environments running affected JBoss Management Console or wildfly-core versions, especially where non-admin users can create managed objects. Public-facing or broadly reachable management consoles increase business risk, but the sources do not identify internet-scale exploitation.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation. Exploitation requires an authenticated user with object-creation permissions and interaction from another user, likely a privileged console user. Impact is browser-context compromise, not direct server code execution based on the supplied evidence.
Researcher notes
The useful validation path is version and role review, not exploit reproduction. Focus on whether object-created values are rendered unsafely in privileged users’ console sessions. The bundle gives limited technical detail, so confirm exact package names and fixed builds in the referenced advisories.
Mitigation direction
- Review and apply the relevant Red Hat RHSA updates for affected deployments.
- Check NetApp advisory applicability if NetApp products embed affected components.
- Restrict management console access to trusted networks and required administrators.
- Review roles that allow object creation and remove unnecessary privileges.
- Monitor vendor guidance for product-specific fixed versions and packages.
Validation and detection
- Inventory deployments using JBoss Management Console or wildfly-core.
- Compare installed versions against Red Hat advisory coverage.
- Identify users or roles with object-creation permissions in the console.
- Confirm management interfaces are not publicly exposed unless required.
- Verify Red Hat or downstream vendor fixes are installed.
Public sources used
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.4 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N2.32.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
5.4MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10934CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- RHSA-2019:1160CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2019:1162CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2019:1159CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2019:1161CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190611-0002/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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