Improper Authentication in Apache CXF
Critical severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 13, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 13, 2023
Package
Affected versions
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.5
>= 2.5.0, <= 2.5.1
Patched versions
2.4.6
2.5.2
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Aug 8, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 13, 2022
Reviewed
Jul 13, 2022
Last updated
Feb 13, 2023
The WS-SP UsernameToken policy in Apache CXF 2.4.5 and 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending an empty UsernameToken as part of a SOAP request.
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