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medium 5.0

CVE-2013-0239 json

Improper Authentication in Apache CXF

published 2013-03-12 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-p5c5-6564-vvr8 , EUVD-2022-4683

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.7%
EPSS 4.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs 2.5.9, 2.6.6, 2.7.3
  • apache-cxf jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.4.9-6.redhat_3.ep6.el5
  • apache-cxf jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.4.9-6.redhat_3.ep6.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0644

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-0239 updated cvss 6.4

apache-cxf: UsernameTokenPolicyValidator and UsernameTokenInterceptor allow empty passwords to authenticate

  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 cxf
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Fuse ESB Enterprise 7.1.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0649
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server apache-cxf 2.4.9-6.redhat_3.ep6.el5 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server apache-cxf 2.4.9-6.redhat_3.ep6.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0644
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0645
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0749

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs
<2.5.9
>=2.6.0, <2.6.6
>=2.7.0, <2.7.3
2.5.9
2.6.6
2.7.3

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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