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CVE-2014-3623

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-10-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

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.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF: from 2.7.0 through 2.7.13; from 3.0.0 before 3.0.2 — fixed in 3.0.2
• Apache Software Foundation Apache WSS4J: before 1.6.17; from 2.0.0 before 2.0.2 — fixed in 1.6.17, 2.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF 3.0.2; Apache Software Foundation Apache WSS4J 1.6.17, 2.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0236.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0850.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0851.html
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/437
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61909
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70736
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97754
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WSS-511
• 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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