MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2011-4314

Kay Framework vulnerability

CVSS
5.8
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
message/ax/AxMessage.java in OpenID4Java before 0.9.6 final, as used in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1 before 5.1.2, Step2, Kay Framework before 1.0.2, and possibly other products does not verify that Attribute Exchange (AX) information is signed, which allows remote attackers to modify potentially sensitive AX information without detection via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
Affected vendor
Kay Framework Project
Affected product
Kay Framework
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2012-01-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Kay Framework Project Kay Framework is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-4314.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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