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high 8.8

CVE-2017-12631 json

Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring, org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring2, and org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring3

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-fv7x-4hpc-hf9f , EUVD-2018-0594

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Apache CXF Fediz ships with a number of container-specific plugins to enable WS-Federation for applications. A CSRF (Cross Style Request Forgery) style vulnerability has been found in the Spring 2, Spring 3 and Spring 4 plugins in versions before 1.4.3 and 1.3.3. The vulnerability can result in a security context that is set up using a malicious client's roles for the given enduser.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring2 1.3.3, 1.4.3
  • maven org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring3 1.3.3, 1.4.3
  • maven org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring 1.3.3, 1.4.3
  • apache cxf_fediz 1.3.3

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Exploit prediction

1.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring2
<1.3.3
>=1.4.0, <1.4.3
1.3.3
1.4.3
maven org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring3
<1.3.3
>=1.4.0, <1.4.3
1.3.3
1.4.3
maven org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring
<1.3.3
>=1.4.0, <1.4.3
1.3.3
1.4.3

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF Fediz

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

Sources

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