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CVE-2014-3623
Apache WSS4J before 1.6.17 and 2.x before 2.0.2, as used in Apache CXF 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and 3.0.x before 3.0.2, when using…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 9.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Apache WSS4J before 1.6.17 and 2.x before 2.0.2, as used in Apache CXF 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and 3.0.x before 3.0.2, when using TransportBinding, does not properly enforce the SAML SubjectConfirmation method security semantics, which allows remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.2% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.ws.security:wss4jGHSA-99v3-9x35-c5vf (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-domGHSA-99v3-9x35-c5vf (opens in a new tab)
References
15
- 70736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0675 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141024 New security advisories released for Apache CXF (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0850 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 61909 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WSS-511 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0851 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0236 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- apache-cxf-cve20143623-sec-bypass(97754) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20200116 svn commit: r1055336 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-12423.txt.asc security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-17573.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20200319 svn commit: r1058035 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-17573.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20200401 svn commit: r1058573 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-1954.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20201112 svn commit: r1067927 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13954.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20210402 svn commit: r1073270 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-22696.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20210616 svn commit: r1075801 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-30468.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-3343 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-99v3-9x35-c5vf (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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