CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedApache Roller 6.1.5 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass due to a lack of nonce uniqueness and timestamp freshness in its WSSE digest authentication, allowing attackers to replay captured authentication headers and gain unauthorized access to a victim's AtomPub authority. This vulnerability primarily affects installations that have enabled the non-default AtomPub API with WSSE authentication and plaintext-compatible password storage. Organizations using this configuration should prioritize upgrading to Apache Roller 6.1.6 or later to mitigate the risk.
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Original NVD Description
Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay in Apache Roller 6.1.5 allows an attacker who captures a valid WSSE digest authentication header to replay it and gain the victim's AtomPub authority, because the authentication does not enforce nonce uniqueness or timestamp freshness. Only installations that enable the non-default AtomPub API with WSSE authentication and plaintext-compatible password storage are affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache Roller 6.1.6 or later, which removes WSSE as an AtomPub authentication method; existing installations configured for WSSE fail closed until an administrator explicitly selects a supported authentication method.