🛡️ CVE-2017-5656 — cxf-core

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-384 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Session Fixation in Apache CXF

Apache CXF's STSClient before 3.1.11 and 3.0.13 uses a flawed way of caching tokens that are associated with delegation tokens, which means that an attacker could craft a token which would return an identifer corresponding to a cached token for another user.

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 high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2017-5656 is classified as CWE-384: Session Fixation. A session identifier is not renewed at login, so an identifier planted beforehand becomes an authenticated session.

Affected software

CVE-2017-5656 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)
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)
www.securityfocus.com (Web)
www.securitytracker.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-384
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

Site Security Check

Is cxf-core part of your stack?

CVE-2017-5656 is rated CVSS 8.0 High. BotEraser scans your installation against known CVE records and tells you whether this vulnerability applies to the versions you actually run.

Scan My Site Free →

No credit card required  ·  Results in minutes

ⓘ Data Notice: The information presented above has been compiled from publicly available internet sources. Boteraser aggregates this data solely for informational purposes and does not independently classify, evaluate, or endorse any findings about the vulnerabilities listed. The accuracy and completeness of this information is the sole responsibility of the original publishers. Boteraser and its operators accept no liability for any decisions made based on this data.