CVE-2019-17573
A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.
- Published2020-01-16
- Fixed in3.3.5 · 3.2.12
- WeaknessCWE-79
Am I affected?
Debian, Ubuntu or Red Hat sometimes backport a fix without changing the upstream version number: such a version reads « to verify », never « affected ».With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.
Description
By default, Apache CXF creates a /services page containing a listing of the available endpoint names and addresses. This webpage is vulnerable to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack, which allows a malicious actor to inject javascript into the web page. Please note that the attack exploits a feature which is not typically not present in modern browsers, who remove dot segments before sending the request. However, Mobile applications may be vulnerable.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2020-01-1618:15CVE publishedNVD
- 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2019-17573?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2019-17573?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD · OSV| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | ≥ 3.3.0, < 3.3.5 | 3.3.5 | NVD · OSV |
| 3.2 | < 3.2.12 | 3.2.12 | OSV |
| 3.2 | ≥ 3.2.0, ≤ 3.2.12 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | = 8.1.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 8.2 | = 8.2.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 8.2 | = 8.2.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | = 8.1.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 8.2 | = 8.2.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 8.2 | = 8.2.1 | no fix published | NVD |
4 more products in the sources.
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update Apache cxf to 3.3.5 · 3.2.12
Advisories and patches
- cxf.apache.orgVendor Advisory
- www.oracle.comPatch
- www.oracle.comPatch
Detection
read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- 1 repository, unverifiedshoucheng3/asf__cxf_CVE-2019-17573_3-2-11 PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.16.1read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.04.3read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-79read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score7.1 %2026-10-23
- PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-10-23
- OSVaffected packages—
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Published
- 2020-01-16
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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