CVE-2015-0227

Apache WSS4J before 1.6.17 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the requireSignedEncryptedDataElements configuration via a vectors related to "wrapping attacks."

Published: 2015-02-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-0227 is rated Moderate Risk (47.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.54%, 94th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-0227

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 13.87% 7.54% -6.33%
2 2025-12-14 10.40% 13.87% +3.47%
3 2025-11-11 — 10.40% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-0227

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-0227

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-0227

GHSA-6r5v-hp32-fjqw · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Improper Access Control in Apache WSS4J

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-0227

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-0227 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wss4j), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0227
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0227
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-0227 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wss4j), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 6, not-affected 6, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0227

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-0227

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache wss4j <= 1.6.16 cpe:2.3:a:apache:wss4j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache wss4j 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:wss4j:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache wss4j 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:wss4j:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache wss4j 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:wss4j:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-0227

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