Is CVE-2014-3623 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-3623 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-3623?

CVE-2014-3623 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-3623

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 9.2%EU EUVD

Apache WSS4J before 1.6.17 and 2.x before 2.0.2, as used in Apache CXF 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and 3.0.x before 3.0.2, when using TransportBinding, does not properly enforce the SAML SubjectConfirmation method security semantics, which allows remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via unspecified vectors.

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: 9.2% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2022-3343)
Published: October 30, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-3343 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apache / cxf
apache / wss4j

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0236.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0850.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0851.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/437(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61909(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70736(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97754(VDB Entry)
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WSS-511(Vendor Advisory)
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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