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CVE-2013-0239

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-0239 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Apache CXF versions prior to 2.5.9, 2.6.6, and 2.7.3. When the plaintext UsernameToken WS-SecurityPolicy is enabled, remote attackers can bypass authentication by submitting a SOAP request with a UsernameToken element missing a password. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0469 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrsFixed in: 2.5.9
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrsFixed in: 2.6.6
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrsFixed in: 2.7.3
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Fuse ESB Enterprise 7.1.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5Fixed in: apache-cxf-0:2.4.9-6.redhat_3.ep6.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6Fixed in: apache-cxf-0:2.4.9-6.redhat_3.ep6.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.0
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6Fixed in: cxf

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-p5c5-6564-vvr8medium

Improper Authentication in Apache CXF

May 5, 2022
redhatCVE-2013-0239Important

apache-cxf: UsernameTokenPolicyValidator and UsernameTokenInterceptor allow empty passwords to authenticate

Feb 8, 2013

References

cxf.apache.org / cve-2013-0239.html
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 90078
packetstormsecurity.com / files/120214/Apache-CXF-WS-Security-UsernameToken-Bypass.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0749.html
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2013/Feb/39
secunia.com / advisories/51988
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/81981
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
svn.apache.org / viewvc
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/57876