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CVE-2018-8038
Versions of Apache CXF Fediz prior to 1.4.4 do not fully disable Document Type Declarations (DTDs) when either parsing the Identity…
High7.5EPSS 10.6%
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Description
Versions of Apache CXF Fediz prior to 1.4.4 do not fully disable Document Type Declarations (DTDs) when either parsing the Identity Provider response in the application plugins, or in the Identity Provider itself when parsing certain XML-based parameters.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.6% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Remote Execution
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache CXF Fediz
- affected prior to 1.4.4
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty8GHSA-w3gh-g32m-cvhr (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-jetty9GHSA-w3gh-g32m-cvhr (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-springGHSA-w3gh-g32m-cvhr (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring2GHSA-w3gh-g32m-cvhr (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.cxf.fediz:fediz-spring3GHSA-w3gh-g32m-cvhr (opens in a new tab)
References (10)
- [cxf-dev] 20180704 Apache CXF Fediz 1.4.4 is released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1041220 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://github.com/apache/cxf-fediz/commit/b6ed9865d0614332fa419fe4b6d0fe81bc2e660d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2018-8038.txt.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20200116 svn commit: r1055336 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-12423.txt.asc security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-17573.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20200319 svn commit: r1058035 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-17573.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20200401 svn commit: r1058573 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-1954.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20201112 svn commit: r1067927 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13954.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20210402 svn commit: r1073270 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-22696.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20210616 svn commit: r1075801 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-30468.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-w3gh-g32m-cvhr (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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