<p>Upgrade <code>org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-ws-security</code> to version 2.7.13, 3.0.2 or higher.</p>

Improper Authentication Affecting org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-ws-security package, versions [2,2.7.13) [3.0.0,3.0.2)

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity Low

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 0.4% (74^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHECXF-30018
published 25 Dec 2016
disclosed 25 Oct 2014
credit Dario Amiri

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Introduced: 25 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-3623 Open this link in a new tab CWE-287 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-ws-security to version 2.7.13, 3.0.2 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-ws-security is a services framework that helps you build and develop services using frontend programming APIs, like JAX-WS and JAX-RS.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. When using TransportBinding, does not properly enforce the SAML SubjectConfirmation method security semantics, which allows remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via unspecified vectors.