# CVE-2019-0227: Server Side Request Forgery in Apache Axis


- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 May 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2019-0227, GHSA-h9gj-rqrw-x4fq, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-0227

## What is CVE-2019-0227?

CVE-2019-0227 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management, published on 1 May 2019. 

### Official description

A Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability affected the Apache Axis 1.4 distribution that was last released in 2006. Security and bug commits commits continue in the projects Axis 1.x Subversion repository, legacy users are encouraged to build from source. The successor to Axis 1.x is Axis2, the latest version is 1.7.9 and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0227?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including axis:axis and org.apache.axis:axis. It affects 37 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `axis:axis` | Maven | All versions to 1.4 | None |
| `axis:axis` | Maven | All versions to 1.4 | None |
| `org.apache.axis:axis` | Maven | All versions to 1.4 | None |
| `org.apache.axis:axis` | Maven | All versions to 1.4 | None |

Products: Apache Axis, Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management, Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management, Oracle Application Testing Suite, Oracle Big Data Discovery, Oracle Communications Asap Cartridges, Oracle Communications Design Studio, Oracle Communications Element Manager, Oracle Communications Network Integrity, Oracle Communications Order and Service Management, Oracle Communications Session Report Manager, Oracle Communications Session Route Manager, Oracle Endeca Information Discovery Studio, Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform, Oracle Enterprise Manager for Fusion Middleware, Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure, Oracle Financial Services Compliance Regulatory Reporting, Oracle Financial Services Funds Transfer Pricing, Oracle Flexcube Core Banking, Oracle Flexcube Private Banking and 17 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-0227?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2019-0227 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0227 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- apache axis1.4远程代码执行漏洞 (github_poc): https://github.com/ianxtianxt/cve-2019-0227
- Apache Axis 1.4 - Remote Code Execution (exploitdb)
- Apache Axis1.4 远程命令执行漏洞利用工具 - CVE-2019-0227，支持随机化服务名和Webshell文件名 (github_poc): https://github.com/1475210817/Axis1.4-CVE-2019-0227

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management

- [CVE-2023-40743](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40743/): Apache Axis 1.x (EOL) may allow RCE when untrusted input is passed to getService (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-51441](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51441/): Apache Axis 1.x (EOL) may allow SSRF when untrusted input is passed to the service admin HTTP API (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2018-8032](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-8032/): Moderate severity vulnerability that affects apache axis (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2014-3596](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3596/): Improper Validation of Certificates in apache axis (medium 5.8)
- [CVE-2007-2353](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2353/): Apache Axis allows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-0227 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-0227 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management, published on 1 May 2019. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0227 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- axis:axis (Maven): affected all versions up to 1.4; no fix listed
- axis:axis (Maven): affected all versions up to 1.4; no fix listed
- org.apache.axis:axis (Maven): affected all versions up to 1.4; no fix listed
- org.apache.axis:axis (Maven): affected all versions up to 1.4; no fix listed

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0227/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0227/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-0227
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0227
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0227

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