CVE-2013-0239: Apache Cxf

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 4.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Apache CXF before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3, when the plaintext UsernameToken WS-SecurityPolicy is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a security header of a SOAP request containing a UsernameToken element that lacks a password child element.

Affected products

• Apache Cxf: up to and including 2.5.8; version 2.4.0 only; version 2.4.1 only; version 2.4.2 only; version 2.4.3 only; version 2.4.4 only; …

Published 2013-03-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.