SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf:apache-cxf, org.apache.cxf:cxf (GHSA-64x2-gq24-75pv)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 411191

Description

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

- 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 via the
styleSheetPath, which allows a malicious actor to inject javascript into the web page. This vulnerability
affects all versions of Apache CXF prior to 3.4.1 and 3.3.8. Please note that this is a separate issue to
CVE-2019-17573. (CVE-2020-13954)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-64x2-gq24-75pv

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 411191

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: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13954

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/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: 4/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13954

cwe: CWE-79