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NTAP-20210513-0010 — CVE-2020-13954 Apache CXF Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2021-05-13 · Updated 2021-07-14 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 6.1 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20210513-0010 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: ONTAP · SnapCenter | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 6.1

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2020-13954 — MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2020-13954 — 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.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information or addition or modification of data.

Affected products

NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above
Snap Creator Framework

Official fixes

NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above — vendor fix ↗
Snap Creator Framework — vendor fix ↗

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51fdd73548290b2dfd0b48f7ab69bf9ae064dd100364cd8a15f0b3ec@%3Can ↗

What to do

Check the affected products listed above against the official advisory's affected-versions table — that is where the exact ONTAP 9 release, ONTAP tool, or management product versions are named.
If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.