What is CVE-2019-14277?

CVE-2019-14277 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Axway Securetransport, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-26.

How severe is CVE-2019-14277?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-14277 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XPath Injection in Axway Securetransport

CVE-2019-14277

Axway SecureTransport 5.x through 5.3 (or 5.x through 5.5 with certain API configuration) is vulnerable to unauthenticated blind XML injection (and XXE) in the resetPassword functionality via the REST API. This vulnerability can lead to local file disclosure, DoS, or URI invocation attacks (i.e., SSRF with resultant remote code execution). NOTE: The vendor disputes this issues as not being a vulnerability because “All attacks that use external entities are blocked (no external DTD or file inclusions, no SSRF). The impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is not proved on any version.

Published 2019-07-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.073 (94.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.073 · newest: 0.073 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Axway Securetransport — versions 5.2.1, 5.3.0, 5.3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-91 — XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47150 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
gist.githubusercontent.com/zeropwn/59f17727dfaba239b0ace6f33b752974/raw/9b6541a… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
zero.lol/2019-07-21-axway-securetransport-xml-injection/ (URL Repurposed, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
community.axway.com/s/article/SecureTransport-Security-Notice-re-CVE-2019-14277… (Vendor Advisory)
community.axway.com/s/article/SecureTransport-Security-Notice (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14277?: CVE-2019-14277 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Axway Securetransport, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-14277?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-14277 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.