CVE-2012-2378
Apache CXF 2.4.5 through 2.4.7, 2.5.1 through 2.5.3, and 2.6.x before 2.6.1, does not properly enforce child policies of a…
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Description
Apache CXF 2.4.5 through 2.4.7, 2.5.1 through 2.5.3, and 2.6.x before 2.6.1, does not properly enforce child policies of a WS-SecurityPolicy 1.1 SupportingToken policy on the client side, which allows remote attackers to bypass the (1) AlgorithmSuite, (2) SignedParts, (3) SignedElements, (4) EncryptedParts, and (5) EncryptedElements policies.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.6% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.cxf:cxfGHSA-vjpc-vf4f-82qg (opens in a new tab)
References (13)
- RHSA-2012:1594 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 51607 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2012-2378.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 53880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1592 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1591 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1337150 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20200116 svn commit: r1055336 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-12423.txt.asc security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-17573.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20200319 svn commit: r1058035 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-17573.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20200401 svn commit: r1058573 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-1954.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20201112 svn commit: r1067927 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13954.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20210402 svn commit: r1073270 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-22696.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [cxf-commits] 20210616 svn commit: r1075801 - in /websites/production/cxf/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-30468.txt.asc security-advisories.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vjpc-vf4f-82qg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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