CVE-2017-12631: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

November 30, 2017 (updated March 28, 2018)

Apache CXF Fediz ships with a number of container-specific plugins to enable WS-Federation for applications. A CSRF (Cross Style Request Forgery) style vulnerability has been found in the Spring 2, Spring 3 and Spring 4 plugins. The vulnerability can result in a security context that is set up using a malicious client’s roles for the given enduser.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/102127
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12631

Code Behaviors & Features

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