CVE-2013-0239

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-03-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

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.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF: through 2.5.8; 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.5 (+19)

References

http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2013-0239.html
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
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1438424
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

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