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CVE-2019-17573
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 7.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2020-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
By default, Apache CXF creates a /services page containing a listing of the available endpoint names and addresses. This webpage is vulnerable to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack, which allows a malicious actor to inject javascript into the web page. Please note that the attack exploits a feature which is not typically not present in modern browsers, who remove dot segments before sending the request. However, Mobile applications may be vulnerable.
Affected products
- Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF: from 3.2.0 through 3.2.12; from 3.3.0 before 3.3.5 — fixed in 3.3.5
- Oracle Corporation Oracle Commerce Guided Search / Oracle Commerce Experience Manager: 11.3.2
- Oracle Communications Element Manager: 8.1.1, 8.2.0, 8.2.1
- Oracle Communications Session Report Manager: 8.1.1, 8.2.0, 8.2.1
- Oracle Communications Session Route Manager: 8.1.1, 8.2.0, 8.2.1
- Oracle Corporation FLEXCUBE Private Banking: 12.0.0, 12.1.0
- Oracle Retail Order Broker: 15.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF 3.3.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-17573.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1579178542000&api=v2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/12/2
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51fdd73548290b2dfd0b48f7ab69bf9ae064dd100364cd8a15f0b3ec%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51fdd73548290b2dfd0b48f7ab69bf9ae064dd100364cd8a15f0b3ec%40%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51fdd73548290b2dfd0b48f7ab69bf9ae064dd100364cd8a15f0b3ec%40%3Cusers.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r81a41a2915985d49bc3ea57dde2018b03584a863878a8532a89f993f%40%3Cusers.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/rf3b50583fefce2810cbd37c3d358cbcd9a03e750005950bf54546194%40%3Cannounce.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
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