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CVE-2018-8038

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8038 affects Apache CXF Fediz versions prior to 1.4.4, stemming from incomplete disabling of Document Type Declarations (DTDs) during XML parsing in both application plugins and the Identity Provider. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a high availability impact (A:H) due to potential denial of service, with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction required (UI:N). Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf_fediz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1073 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-springFixed in: 1.4.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring2Fixed in: 1.4.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring3Fixed in: 1.4.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty8Fixed in: 1.4.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty9Fixed in: 1.4.4

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-w3gh-g32m-cvhrhigh

High severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty8, org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty9, org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring, org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring2, and org.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring3

Oct 18, 2018

References

cxf.apache.org / security-advisories.data/CVE-2018-8038.txt.asc
Vendor Advisory
github.com / apache/cxf-fediz/commit/b6ed9865d0614332fa419fe4b6d0fe81bc2e660d
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/f0a6a05ec3b3a00458da43712b0ff3a2f573175d9bfb39fb0de21424%40%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
securitytracker.com / id/1041220
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry