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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf_fediz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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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.