CVE-2019-14277
Axway SecureTransport 5.x through 5.3 (or 5.x through 5.5 with certain API configuration) is vulnerable to unauthenticated blind XML injection (and XXE) in the resetPassword functionality via the REST API.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Axway SecureTransport 5.x through 5.3 (or 5.x through 5.5 with certain API configuration) is vulnerable to unauthenticated blind XML injection (and XXE) in the resetPassword functionality via the REST API. This vulnerability can lead to local file disclosure, DoS, or URI invocation attacks (i.e., SSRF with resultant remote code execution). NOTE: The vendor disputes this issues as not being a vulnerability because “All attacks that use external entities are blocked (no external DTD or file inclusions, no SSRF). The impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is not proved on any version.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.33% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-91
- Affected
- axway/securetransport
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://community.axway.com/s/article/SecureTransport-Security-NoticeVendor Advisory
- https://community.axway.com/s/article/SecureTransport-Security-Notice-re-CVE-2019-14277-Unauthenticated-XML-Injection-and-XXEVendor Advisory
- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/zeropwn/59f17727dfaba239b0ace6f33b752974/raw/9b6541a94ac5ec181a88e6c84cb3e3001025b8fd/Axway%2520SecureTransport%25205.x%2520Unauthenticated%2520XXEExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47150Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://zero.lol/2019-07-21-axway-securetransport-xml-injection/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed
- https://community.axway.com/s/article/SecureTransport-Security-NoticeVendor Advisory
- https://community.axway.com/s/article/SecureTransport-Security-Notice-re-CVE-2019-14277-Unauthenticated-XML-Injection-and-XXEVendor Advisory
- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/zeropwn/59f17727dfaba239b0ace6f33b752974/raw/9b6541a94ac5ec181a88e6c84cb3e3001025b8fd/Axway%2520SecureTransport%25205.x%2520Unauthenticated%2520XXEExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47150Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://zero.lol/2019-07-21-axway-securetransport-xml-injection/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.