Medium
Security advisory
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.
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-13954
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- 1 Nov 2026, 05:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2020-13954
Complete source record
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"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html",
"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html",
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