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CVE-2020-13954: Apache CXF Reflected XSS in the services listing page via the styleSheetPath

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 40.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-11-12 · 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 via the styleSheetPath, which allows a malicious actor to inject javascript into the web page. This vulnerability affects all versions of Apache CXF prior to 3.4.1 and 3.3.8. Please note that this is a separate issue to CVE-2019-17573.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF: before 3.3.8; from 3.4.0 before 3.4.1 — fixed in 3.3.8, 3.4.1
• NetApp Snap Creator Framework: all versions
• NetApp Vasa Provider For Clustered Data Ontap: from 9.6
• Oracle Corporation Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition: 5.5.0.0.0, 5.9.0.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0
• Oracle Communications Messaging Server: 8.0.2, 8.1
• Oracle Retail Order Broker Cloud Service: 15.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF 3.3.8, 3.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13954.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1605183670659&api=v2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/12/2
• 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/r640719c9ce5671f239a6f002c20e14062effe4b318a580b6746aa5ef%40%3Cdev.syncope.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/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0010/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

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