CVE-2020-13954
This webpage is vulnerable to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack via the styleSheetPath, which allows a malicious actor to inject javascript into the web page.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 40.9%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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 via the styleSheetPath, which allows a malicious actor to inject javascript into the web page. This vulnerability affects all versions of Apache CXF prior to 3.4.1 and 3.3.8. Please note that this is a separate issue to CVE-2019-17573.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 40.87% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- apache/cxf · netapp/snap creator framework · netapp/vasa provider for clustered data ontap · oracle/business intelligence · oracle/retail order broker cloud service · oracle/communications messaging server
- Source
- security@apache.org
EPSS 40.9% since 3 November 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
- http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13954.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1605183670659&api=v2Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/12/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51fdd73548290b2dfd0b48f7ab69bf9ae064dd100364cd8a15f0b3ec%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51fdd73548290b2dfd0b48f7ab69bf9ae064dd100364cd8a15f0b3ec%40%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51fdd73548290b2dfd0b48f7ab69bf9ae064dd100364cd8a15f0b3ec%40%3Cusers.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r640719c9ce5671f239a6f002c20e14062effe4b318a580b6746aa5ef%40%3Cdev.syncope.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r81a41a2915985d49bc3ea57dde2018b03584a863878a8532a89f993f%40%3Cusers.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0010/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlNot Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13954.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1605183670659&api=v2Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/12/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51fdd73548290b2dfd0b48f7ab69bf9ae064dd100364cd8a15f0b3ec%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51fdd73548290b2dfd0b48f7ab69bf9ae064dd100364cd8a15f0b3ec%40%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51fdd73548290b2dfd0b48f7ab69bf9ae064dd100364cd8a15f0b3ec%40%3Cusers.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r640719c9ce5671f239a6f002c20e14062effe4b318a580b6746aa5ef%40%3Cdev.syncope.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r81a41a2915985d49bc3ea57dde2018b03584a863878a8532a89f993f%40%3Cusers.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0010/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlNot Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.