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CVE-2013-2160 Apache CXF

Affected softwareApache CXF
Severity5.0 Medium CVSS 2.0
Fixed in2.5.10, 2.6.7, 2.7.4
WeaknessCWE-399
Published19 Aug 2013
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

The streaming XML parser in Apache CXF 2.5.x before 2.5.10, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via crafted XML with a large number of (1) elements, (2) attributes, (3) nested constructs, and possibly other vectors.

CWE-112

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2013-07-09.
  • EPSS 32% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Apache CXF < 2.5.10/2.6.7/2.7.4 - Denial of Service 2013-07-09

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug
Finding A Red Hat Bugzilla ticket (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=929197) tracks the fix. That makes this CVE a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: whether one can be derived depends on reading the upstream change the ticket links.
Candidate fix https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=929197 : a Red Hat bug: the triage, which links onward to the fix

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs 2.5.0 2.5.10 unbounded
org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs 2.6.0 2.6.7 unbounded
org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs 2.7.0 2.7.4 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 24 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd apache cxf generic 2.5.0 · 2.5.1 · 2.5.2 · 2.5.3 · 2.5.4 · 2.5.5 · 2.5.6 · 2.5.7 · 2.5.8 · 2.5.9 · 2.6.0 · 2.6.1 · 2.6.2 · 2.6.3 · 2.6.4 · 2.6.5 · 2.6.6 · 2.7.0 · 2.7.1 · 2.7.2 · 2.7.3
osv org.apache.cxf cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs generic ≥ 2.5.0 and < 2.5.10 · ≥ 2.6.0 and < 2.6.7 · ≥ 2.7.0 and < 2.7.4

References

URLTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=929197 bugzilla
https://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2013-2160.txt.asc WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4@%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E WEB
http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WSTX-285 WEB
http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/WSTX-287 WEB

Timeline

Published2013-08-19By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.