Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affecting org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring2 package, versions [,1.2.4)[1.3.0,1.3.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHECXFFEDIZ-31488
  • published31 Aug 2017
  • disclosed16 May 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 May 2017

CVE-2017-7661  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-352  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring2 to version 1.2.4, 1.3.2 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring2 is an open source services framework that ships with a number of container-specific plugins to enable WS-Federation for applications.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF). Apache CXF Fediz ships with a number of container-specific plugins to enable WS-Federation for applications. A CSRF (Cross Style Request Forgery) style vulnerability has been found in the Spring 2, Spring 3, Jetty 8 and Jetty 9 plugins in Apache CXF Fediz prior to 1.4.0, 1.3.2 and 1.2.4. The attack relies on the client starting the authentication process, but not completing it (such as when the IdP is unavailable for example).

Note: The Apache CXF and Tomcat plugins are not vulnerable to these attacks.

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