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CVE-2015-5253 json

Improper Access Control in Apache CXF

published 2015-11-18 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-3336-h95j-hvvf , EUVD-2022-2089

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.7%
EPSS 5.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The SAML Web SSO module in Apache CXF before 2.7.18, 3.0.x before 3.0.7, and 3.1.x before 3.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass authentication via a crafted SAML response with a valid signed assertion, related to a "wrapping attack."

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-rs-security-sso-saml 2.7.18, 3.0.7, 3.1.3
  • apache cxf 2.7.18, 3.0.7, 3.1.3

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-2015-5253 updated cvss 4.9

apache-cxf: SAML SSO processing is vulnerable to wrapping attack

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 Web Services Web Services
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 cxf
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0321
  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 cxf
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

5.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-rs-security-sso-saml
<2.7.18
>=3.0.0, <3.0.7
>=3.1.0, <3.1.3
2.7.18
3.0.7
3.1.3

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

Sources

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