CVE-2013-0239 Improper Authentication in Apache CXF

What is CVE-2013-0239?

CVE-2013-0239 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Apache Cxf, published on 12 Mar 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Apache CXF before 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3, when the plaintext UsernameToken WS-SecurityPolicy is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a security header of a SOAP request containing a UsernameToken element that lacks a password child element.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0239?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Cxf.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0239?

Upgrade org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs to a fixed version for your release line: 2.5.9, 2.6.6 or 2.7.3.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2013-0239 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0239 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Cxf

• CVE-2012-2379 XML Signature/Encryption Not Validated in Apache CXF Critical 10.0
• CVE-2026-66909 Apache CXF: Unsafe deserialization of inbound JMS ObjectMessage Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-68079 Apache CXF: DefaultEncryptingCodeDataProvider allows unlimited authorization code replay Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-50628 Apache CXF: OAuth2: Inverted IP Binding Check Defeats Security Control Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-48913 Apache CXF: Untrusted JMS configuration can lead to RCE Critical 9.8

All Apache Cxf vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-p5c5-6564-vvr8.