ABSTRACT

The lack of a signature means the integrity of SOAP messages cannot be guaranteed.

EXPLANATION

Any part of a message that is not signed has the potential to be intercepted and modified without the knowledge of the sender or the receiver. Without a signature, the receiver cannot cryptographically verify that the contents of a message really originated with the sender.

The following client configuration tells Axis 2 to accept unsigned messages:


<axisconfig name="AxisJava2.0">
...
<parameter name="InflowSecurity">
<action>
<items>Timestamp Encrypt</items>
...
</action>
</parameter>
</axisconfig>

REFERENCES

[1] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2004 - (OWASP 2004) A10 Insecure Configuration Management

[2] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2010 - (OWASP 2010) A6 Security Misconfiguration

[3] Standards Mapping - FIPS200 - (FISMA) CM

[4] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration - (CWE) CWE ID 345

[5] Standards Mapping - Web Application Security Consortium 24 + 2 - (WASC 24 + 2) Insufficient Authentication

[6] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 1.1 - (PCI 1.1) Requirement 6.5.10

[7] Securing SOAP Messages with Rampart Apache Software Foundation