Improper Authentication Affecting org.apache.ws.security:wss4j package, versions [,1.6.16)[2.0.0, 2.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEWSSECURITY-30069
  • published25 Dec 2016
  • disclosed25 Oct 2014
  • creditDario Amiri

Introduced: 25 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-3623  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.ws.security:wss4j to version 1.6.16, 2.0.2 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.ws.security:wss4j is a project that provides a Java implementation of the primary security standards for Web Services, namely the OASIS Web Services Security (WS-Security) specifications from the OASIS Web Services Security TC.

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.

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