CVE-2013-0239

Cxf vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

4.7%

EPSS pct

91th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Apache

Affected product

Cxf

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Published

2013-03-12

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 4.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

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