GHSA-99v3-9x35-c5vf — medium GitHub Advisory (CVE-2014-3623) in maven/org.apache.ws.security:wss4j

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.

Basic information

Type: reviewed
Severity: medium
Advisory on GitHub: Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory: —
Source code: Not specified
Published (advisory): 2022-05-13 01:09:20 UTC
Updated: 2023-02-02 05:06:20 UTC
GitHub reviewed: 2022-07-07 22:34:04 UTC
NVD published: 2014-10-30

Score	Percentile
2.49%	84.80%

CVSS Scores

No CVSS scores in this advisory.

Identifiers

Type	Value
GHSA	GHSA-99v3-9x35-c5vf ↗
CVE	CVE-2014-3623 ↗

CWEs

CWE id	Name
CWE-287	Improper Authentication

Credits

coheigea (analyst)

Affected packages (2)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	First patched	Vulnerable functions
maven	org.apache.ws.security:wss4j	< 1.6.17	1.6.17	—
maven	org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-dom	>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.2	2.0.2	—

Improper Authentication in Apache WSS4J