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CVE-2012-3451
Apache CXF before 2.4.9, 2.5.x before 2.5.5, and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute unintended web-service operations…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 8.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Apache CXF before 2.4.9, 2.5.x before 2.5.5, and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute unintended web-service operations by sending a header with a SOAP Action String that is inconsistent with the message body.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 months later
· 3 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:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.9% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.cxf:cxfGHSA-55j7-f5wf-43m4 (opens in a new tab)
References
21
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851896 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0256 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1368559 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1594 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0257 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 51607 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0258 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- apache-cfx-soapaction-security-bypass(78734) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1592 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 52183 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0743 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1591 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0259 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2012-3451.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0726 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-2504 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-55j7-f5wf-43m4 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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