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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.1

CVE-2019-17573 json

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Apache CXF

published 2020-01-16 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-f93p-f762-vr53 , EUVD-2020-0485

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.1%
EPSS 7.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

By default, Apache CXF creates a /services page containing a listing of the available endpoint names and addresses. This webpage is vulnerable to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack, which allows a malicious actor to inject javascript into the web page. Please note that the attack exploits a feature which is not typically not present in modern browsers, who remove dot segments before sending the request. However, Mobile applications may be vulnerable.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.cxf:apache-cxf 3.2.12, 3.3.5
  • maven org.apache.cxf:cxf 3.2.12, 3.3.5
  • apache cxf 3.3.5
  • eap7-txw2 jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-xsom jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-rngom jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-wss4j jboss enterprise application platform 7.3, jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-jandex jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 2.1.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-jasypt jboss enterprise application platform 7.3, jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 7.3.1-5.GA_redhat_00003.1.el7eap
  • eap7-jaxb-jxc jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el7eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:2512RHSA-2020:2511RHSA-2020:2513RHSA-2020:2060RHSA-2020:2059RHSA-2020:2058

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-17573 updated cvss 6.1

cxf: reflected XSS in the services listing page

  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 cxf, cxf-core Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 cxf Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 cxf-core Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 cxf-core
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes cxf-core
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".”
  • Red Hat support for Spring Boot cxf-core
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".”
  • Red Hat EAP-CD 19 Tech Preview
    fixed: vendor fix “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".” RHSA-2020:2333
  • Red Hat Decision Manager 7
    fixed: vendor fix “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".” RHSA-2020:3196
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.7.0
    fixed: vendor fix “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".” RHSA-2020:3192
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2
    fixed: vendor fix “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".” RHSA-2020:2061
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-wss4j 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-jasypt 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-opensaml 3.3.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el6eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.8-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el6eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.2.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-cryptacular 1.2.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, +152 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".” RHSA-2020:2058
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  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wss4j 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-jasypt 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-opensaml 3.3.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.8-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.2.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-cryptacular 1.2.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +154 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".” RHSA-2020:2059
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 8 eap7-wss4j 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-jasypt 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-opensaml 3.3.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.8-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.2.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-cryptacular 1.2.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +152 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".” RHSA-2020:2060
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for BaseOS-8 eap7-wss4j 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-jasypt 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-opensaml 3.3.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-txw2 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-xsom 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-rngom 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +194 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".” RHSA-2020:2513
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-wss4j 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-jasypt 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-opensaml 3.3.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el6eap, eap7-txw2 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-xsom 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-rngom 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, +194 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".” RHSA-2020:2511
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wss4j 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-jasypt 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-opensaml 3.3.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-txw2 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-xsom 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-rngom 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +196 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".” RHSA-2020:2512
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
    fixed: vendor fix “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".” RHSA-2020:2515
  • Red Hat Process Automation 7
    fixed: vendor fix “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".” RHSA-2020:3197
  • Red Hat Single Sign On 7.3.8
    fixed: vendor fix “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".” RHSA-2020:2112
  • Red Hat Text-Only RHOAR
    fixed: vendor fix “Mitigate this flaw by disabling the service listing altogether; via setting the "hide-service-list-page" servlet parameter to "true".” RHSA-2020:2905

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

7.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.cxf:apache-cxf
<3.2.12
>=3.3.0, <3.3.5
3.2.12
3.3.5
maven org.apache.cxf:cxf
<3.2.12
>=3.3.0, <3.3.5
3.2.12
3.3.5

Affected products

  • Apache CXF

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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