CVE-2010-2493

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.

Published: 2010-08-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2493 is rated Moderate Risk (47.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.69%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.64% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2493

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 1.69% +1.64%
2 2026-03-03 0.11% 0.05% -0.06%
3 2025-03-30 0.11%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2493

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2493

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2493

vendor priority summary link
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2493
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-2493 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jbossas4), 24 status rows across 24 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, dapper, disco, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 12, DNE 11, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2493

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2493

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform <= 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.2.0:cp01:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.2.0:cp02:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.2.0:cp03:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.2.0:cp04:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.2.0:cp05:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.2.0:tp02:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.3.0:cp01:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.3.0:cp02:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.3.0:cp03:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:4.3.0:cp04:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_soa_platform 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_soa_platform:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2493

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