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CVE-2012-0803

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score0.1380%
EPSS Percentile19.12th
PublishedAug 8, 2017
Last ModifiedMay 13, 2026

Vulnerability Description

The WS-SP UsernameToken policy in Apache CXF 2.4.5 and 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending an empty UsernameToken as part of a SOAP request.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦
Apache

Cxf

= 2.4.5
📦
Apache

Cxf

= 2.5.1

References & Advisories

🔗 http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=132861746008002
🔗 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1233457
🔗 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
🔗 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.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://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

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