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SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf:cxf (GHSA-xf9f-32gh-h2w4)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420450

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The URIMappingInterceptor in Apache CXF before 2.5.8, 2.6.x before 2.6.5, and 2.7.x before 2.7.2, when
 using the WSS4JInInterceptor, bypasses WS-Security processing, which allows remote attackers to obtain
 access to SOAP services via an HTTP GET request. (CVE-2012-5633)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xf9f-32gh-h2w4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420450

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5633

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5633

BID: 57874

cwe: CWE-287