Vulnerability CVE-2013-0239
Published: 2013-03-12   Modified: 2013-03-15

Description:
Apache CXF before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3, when the plaintext UsernameToken WS-SecurityPolicy is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a security header of a SOAP request containing a UsernameToken element that lacks a password child element.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Apache CXF Authentication bypass in the case of WS-SecurityPolicy
Apache
11.02.2013

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Apache -> CXF 

 References:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1438424
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/81981
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57876
http://secunia.com/advisories/51988
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Feb/39
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0749.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120214/Apache-CXF-WS-Security-UsernameToken-Bypass.html
http://osvdb.org/90078
http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2013-0239.html
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