CVE-2017-12631: Apache Cxf Fediz

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Apache CXF Fediz ships with a number of container-specific plugins to enable WS-Federation for applications. A CSRF (Cross Style Request Forgery) style vulnerability has been found in the Spring 2, Spring 3 and Spring 4 plugins in versions before 1.4.3 and 1.3.3. The vulnerability can result in a security context that is set up using a malicious client's roles for the given enduser.

Affected products

• Apache Cxf Fediz: before 1.3.3 (fixed in 1.3.3); version 1.4.0 only; version 1.4.1 only; version 1.4.2 only

Published 2017-11-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.