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CVE-2013-0239

Apache CXF before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3, when the plaintext UsernameToken WS-SecurityPolicy

Apache CXF before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3, when the plaintext UsernameToken WS-SecurityPolicy is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a security header of a SOAP request containing a UsernameToken element that lacks a password child element.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.02653
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Affected Products & Versions

2
apache cxf<= 2.5.8
apache cxfall versions

Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs MODERATE fixed in 2.5.9

Public Exploits & PoCs

1

Scoring & Timeline

5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD12 Mar 2013 · 11:55 PM

Vendor Advisories

4
rhsaRHSA-2013:0749Important
rhsaRHSA-2013:0649Important
rhsaRHSA-2013:0645Important
rhsaRHSA-2013:0644Important
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