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Vulnerability details: VCID-737n-bb5z-g3gk
Vulnerability ID VCID-737n-bb5z-g3gk
Aliases CVE-2015-0227
GHSA-6r5v-hp32-fjqw
Summary Improper Access Control in Apache WSS4J Apache WSS4J before 1.6.17 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the requireSignedEncryptedDataElements configuration via a vectors related to "wrapping attacks."
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-358 Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0773.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0846.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0847.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0848.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0849.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1177.html
epss 0.13872 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-0227
generic_textual MODERATE https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100837
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0227
generic_textual MODERATE https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbgn03900en_us
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://ws.apache.org/wss4j/advisories/CVE-2015-0227.txt.asc
Reference id Reference type URL
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0773.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0846.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0847.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0848.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0849.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1177.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-0227.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-0227
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0227
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100837
https://github.com/apache/wss4j/commit/5ec5295c9773c9ae43fdc6c3321d0e2af1041e62
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0227
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbgn03900en_us
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
http://ws.apache.org/wss4j/advisories/CVE-2015-0227.txt.asc
1191451 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191451
777741 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=777741
GHSA-6r5v-hp32-fjqw https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6r5v-hp32-fjqw
RHSA-2015:0773 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0773
RHSA-2015:0846 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0846
RHSA-2015:0847 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0847
RHSA-2015:0848 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0848
RHSA-2015:0849 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0849
RHSA-2015:1009 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1009
RHSA-2015:1176 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1176
RHSA-2015:1177 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1177
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.94417
EPSS Score 0.13872
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T09:44:20.962585+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-6r5v-hp32-fjqw/GHSA-6r5v-hp32-fjqw.json 38.6.0