CVE-2013-0239
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 4.7% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-4683)
- Published
- March 12, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-4683 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
References
- http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2013-0239.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/90078
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120214/Apache-CXF-WS-Security-UsernameToken-Bypass.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0749.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Feb/39
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51988(Vendor Advisory)
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1438424(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57876
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81981
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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