CVE-2023-40743

CRITICAL

Apache Axis 1.x - Server-Side Request Forgery and Remote Code Execution via ServiceFactory.getService

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** When integrating Apache Axis 1.x in an application, it may not have been obvious that looking up a service through "ServiceFactory.getService" allows potentially dangerous lookup mechanisms such as LDAP. When passing untrusted input to this API method, this could expose the application to DoS, SSRF and even attacks leading to RCE. As Axis 1 has been EOL we recommend you migrate to a different SOAP engine, such as Apache Axis 2/Java. As a workaround, you may review your code to verify no untrusted or unsanitized input is passed to "ServiceFactory.getService", or by applying the patch from https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/7e66753427466590d6def0125e448d2791723210 . The Apache Axis project does not expect to create an Axis 1.x release fixing this problem, though contributors that would like to work towards this are welcome.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0096
EPSS Percentile 76.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-20 CWE-75
Status published
Products (3)
apache/axis < 2023-08-01
axis/axis 0Maven
org.apache.axis/axis 0Maven
Published Sep 05, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026