CVE-2017-12631

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.

How to fix CVE-2017-12631

To remediate CVE-2017-12631, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 1.3.3 or later
• —upgrade to 1.3.3 or later
• —upgrade to 1.3.3 or later

Is CVE-2017-12631 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (3)

• from 0, < 1.3.3
• from 0, < 1.3.3
• from 0, < 1.3.3

References (14)

• ADVISORYgithub.com/advisories/GHSA-fv7x-4hpc-hf9f
• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12631
• PATCHgithub.com/apache/cxf-fediz
• WEBgithub.com/apache/cxf-fediz/commit/48dd9b68d67c6b729376c1ce8886f52a57df6c45