CVE-2017-7661 — Apache CXF Fediz ships with a number of container-specific plugins to enable WS-

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, Jetty 8 and Jetty 9 plugins in Apache CXF Fediz prior to 1.4.0, 1.3.2 an

01What is this vulnerability?

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, Jetty 8 and Jetty 9 plugins in Apache CXF Fediz prior to 1.4.0, 1.3.2 and 1.2.4.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-05-16T17:29:00.463
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• cxf.apache.org — http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2017-7661.txt.asc
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038497
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de10…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fd…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba7…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a7…
• cxf.apache.org — http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2017-7661.txt.asc
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038497