CVE-2015-0227

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Apache WSS4J before 1.6.17 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the requireSignedEncryptedDataElements configuration via a vectors related to "wrapping attacks."

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache WSS4J: through 1.6.16; 2.0.0, 2.0.0-rc1, 2.0.1

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0773.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0846.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0847.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0848.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0849.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1177.html
http://ws.apache.org/wss4j/advisories/CVE-2015-0227.txt.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72557
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100837
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbgn03900en_us
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html

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