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CVE-2017-12631

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.2000%

EPSS Percentile4.79th

PublishedNov 30, 2017

Last ModifiedMay 13, 2026

Vulnerability Description

Apache CXF Fediz ships with a number of container-specific plugins to enable WS-Federation for applications. A CSRF (Cross Style Request Forgery) style vulnerability has been found in the Spring 2, Spring 3 and Spring 4 plugins in versions before 1.4.3 and 1.3.3. The vulnerability can result in a security context that is set up using a malicious client's roles for the given enduser.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Apache

Cxf Fediz

< 1.3.3

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Apache

Cxf Fediz

= 1.4.0

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Apache

Cxf Fediz

= 1.4.1

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Apache

Cxf Fediz

= 1.4.2

References & Advisories

🔗 http://cxf.547215.n5.nabble.com/Apache-CXF-Fediz-1-4-3-and-1-3-3-released-with-a-new-security-advisory-CVE-2017-12631-td5785868.html

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102127

🔗 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040487

🔗 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

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