Vulnerability in Apache Cxf

CVE-2017-5656

Apache CXF's STSClient before 3.1.11 and 3.0.13 uses a flawed way of caching tokens that are associated with delegation tokens, which means that an attacker could craft a token which would return an identifer corresponding to a cached toke…

EPSS: 0.024 (85.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5656?
CVE-2017-5656 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Cxf, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-5656?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-5656 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.