National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2013-0239
Original release date:03/12/2013
Last revised:06/05/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1438424
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: apachecxf-username-tokens-sec-bypass(81981)
External Source: BID
Name: 57876
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 51988
Type: Advisory
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20130208 New security advisories for Apache CXF
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2013:0749
External Source: MISC
Name: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120214/Apache-CXF-WS-Security-UsernameToken-Bypass.html
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 90078
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2013-0239.html
Type: Advisory
