# CVE-2010-3878: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to deploy malicious WAR files via CSRF in the JMX Console.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m98g-p242-2jrr

## What is CVE-2010-3878?

CVE-2010-3878 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 30 Dec 2010. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the JMX Console in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.3 before 4.3.0.CP09 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that deploy WAR files.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3878?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-3878?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2010-3878 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3878 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform

- [CVE-2017-12149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12149/): Red Hat JBoss Application Server Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-1428](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1428/): Red Hat JBoss Information Disclosure (medium 5.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-0738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0738/): Red Hat JBoss Authentication Bypass (low 3.7, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2016-3690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3690/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-7504](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7504/): Deserialization in JBoss (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-3878 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-3878 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 30 Dec 2010. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3878 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3878/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3878/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3878
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3878
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-3878

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