🛡️ CVE-2017-5653 — cxf-core

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-295 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Improper Certificate Validation in Apache CXF

JAX-RS XML Security streaming clients in Apache CXF before 3.1.11 and 3.0.13 do not validate that the service response was signed or encrypted, which allows remote attackers to spoof servers.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2017-5653 is classified as CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation. A TLS certificate is accepted without proper verification, so a man-in-the-middle can present their own.

Affected software

CVE-2017-5653 is recorded against 1 package.

  • org.apache.cxf:cxf-core (fixed in 3.0.13)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 May 2022 and last revised on 22 February 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
access.redhat.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
cxf.apache.org (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-295
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-13
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-02-22
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.apache.cxf:cxf-core — 3.0.13

References

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