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high 8.8

CVE-2017-7661 json

Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty8, org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty9, and org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring2

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-whw7-h25v-9qvx , EUVD-2018-0709

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
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, Jetty 8 and Jetty 9 plugins in Apache CXF Fediz prior to 1.4.0, 1.3.2 and 1.2.4.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring2 1.2.4, 1.3.2
  • maven org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty9 1.3.2
  • maven org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty8 1.3.2

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Exploit prediction

1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% 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
>=1.3.0, <1.3.2
<1.2.4
1.3.2
1.2.4
maven org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty9
<1.3.2
1.3.2
maven org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty8
<1.3.2
1.3.2

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF Fediz

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

Sources

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