CVE-2017-1000486

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.941 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 9 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

94.1% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

added 2022-01-10remediate by 2022-07-10

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EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

Primetek Primefaces Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Primetek Primefaces 5.x is vulnerable to a weak encryption flaw resulting in remote code execution

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-326USprimaryCWE-326US

exploits (9)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/multi/http/primefaces_weak_encryption_rcePrimefaces Remote Code Execution Exploitweaponized · metasploit
EDB-43733Primefaces 5.x - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)PoC · exploit_db
LongWayHomie/CVE-2017-1000486Remote Code Execution exploit for PrimeFaces 5.x - EL Injection (CVE-2017-1000486)PoC · poc_in_github
Pastea/CVE-2017-1000486Pastea/CVE-2017-1000486PoC · poc_in_github
cved-sources/cve-2017-1000486cve-2017-1000486PoC · poc_in_github
dsssssssm/pwnfacesexploit for CVE-2017-1000486 vulnerability with SOCKS proxy supportPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
primetek primefaces4.0 → 4.0.24nvdUScpe:2.3:a:primetek:primefaces:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
primetek primefaces5.0 → 5.2.21nvdUScpe:2.3:a:primetek:primefaces:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
primetek primefaces5.3 → 5.3.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:primetek:primefaces:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.primefaces:primefaces5.0 → 6.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.primefaces/primefaces

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-j239-4gqg-5j54Inadequate Encryption Strength2021-06-03ghsa · osvUS
Primetek Primefaces 5.x is vulnerable to a weak encryption flaw resulting in remote code execution

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-01-03modified 2026-06-17

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references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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