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Medium · 6.1 Public exploit CVE-2019-17573 EUVD-2020-0485GHSA-f93p-f762-vr53

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Apache CXF

Published Jan 16, 2020 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by apache

Description

By default, Apache CXF creates a /services page containing a listing of the available endpoint names and addresses. This webpage is vulnerable to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack, which allows a malicious actor to inject javascript into the web page. Please note that the attack exploits a feature which is not typically not present in modern browsers, who remove dot segments before sending the request. However, Mobile applications may be vulnerable.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache CXF All versions of Apache CXF prior to 3.3.5 and 3.2.12. —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-activemq-artemis +15 2.9.0-4.redhat_00010.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-apache-cxf +3 3.2.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-bouncycastle +3 1.60.0-2.redhat_00002.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-codehaus-jackson +4 1.9.13-10.redhat_00007.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-cryptacular 1.2.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-elytron-web +1 1.6.1-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-glassfish-el +1 3.0.1-5.b08_redhat_00004.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-glassfish-javamail 1.6.2-2.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-glassfish-jsf 2.3.5-10.SP3_redhat_00008.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-hal-console 3.0.21-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-hibernate +4 5.3.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-hibernate-commons-annotations 5.0.5-1.Final_redhat_00002.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-hibernate-search +5 5.10.7-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-httpcomponents-client 4.5.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-httpcomponents-core 4.4.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-infinispan +8 9.4.18-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-ironjacamar +8 1.4.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jackson-core +9 2.10.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jackson-databind 2.9.10.2-2.redhat_00002.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jaegertracing-jaeger-client-java +2 0.34.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jakarta-el 3.0.3-1.redhat_00002.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jandex 2.1.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jasypt 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-javaee-security-soteria +1 1.0.0-3.redhat_00002.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jaxbintros 1.0.3-1.GA_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-classfilewriter 1.2.4-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-common-beans 2.0.1-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-ejb-api_3.2_spec +1 1.0.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-ejb-client 4.0.31-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-genericjms 2.0.4-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-invocation 1.5.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-jsf-api_2.3_spec 2.3.5-5.SP2_redhat_00003.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-modules 1.8.9-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-openjdk-orb 8.1.4-3.Final_redhat_00002.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-remoting 5.0.18-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-remoting-jmx 3.0.4-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-security-negotiation 3.0.6-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-server-migration +23 1.3.1-10.Final_redhat_00011.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap7.3-server +6 1.7.1-5.Final_redhat_00006.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-threads 2.3.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-vfs 3.2.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-websocket-api_1.1_spec 1.1.4-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-weld-3.1-api +2 3.1.0-6.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jbossws-common 3.2.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jgroups 4.0.20-2.Final_redhat_00002.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jgroups-azure 1.2.1-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jgroups-kubernetes 1.0.13-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-microprofile-config +1 1.4.0-1.redhat_00003.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-microprofile-health 2.2.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-microprofile-metrics +1 2.3.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-microprofile-opentracing +1 1.3.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-microprofile-rest-client +1 1.4.0-1.redhat_00004.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-mod_cluster 1.4.1-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-narayana +10 5.9.8-1.Final_redhat_00002.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-opensaml +13 3.3.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-picketbox +1 5.0.3-7.Final_redhat_00006.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-picketlink-bindings +1 2.5.5-23.SP12_redhat_00012.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-resteasy +19 3.6.1-9.SP8_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-slf4j-jboss-logmanager 1.0.4-1.GA_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-smallrye-config 1.3.6-1.SP01_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-smallrye-health 1.0.2-2.redhat_00002.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-smallrye-metrics 2.4.0-1.redhat_00004.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-smallrye-opentracing 1.3.4-1.redhat_00004.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-snakeyaml 1.24.0-2.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-stax2-api 4.2.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-sun-istack-commons +2 3.0.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-txw2 +8 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-undertow 2.0.30-2.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-weld-cdi-2.0-api 2.0.0-4.SP1_redhat_00004.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-weld-ejb +6 3.1.4-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly +2 7.2.8-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-elytron 1.6.6-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-elytron-tool 1.10.6-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-http-client +4 1.0.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-java-jdk8 +1 7.2.8-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2059
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-naming-client 1.0.12-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-transaction-client 1.1.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-woodstox-core 6.0.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-ws-commons-XmlSchema 2.2.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2060, RHSA-2020:2059, RHSA-2020:2058
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wss4j +6 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:2513, RHSA-2020:2512, RHSA-2020:2511

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.apache.cxf:apache-cxf < 3.2.12 3.2.12 GHSA-f93p-f762-vr53
Maven org.apache.cxf:apache-cxf >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.5 3.3.5 GHSA-f93p-f762-vr53
Maven org.apache.cxf:cxf < 3.2.12 3.2.12 GHSA-f93p-f762-vr53
Maven org.apache.cxf:cxf >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.5 3.3.5 GHSA-f93p-f762-vr53

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