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medium 4.3

CVE-2012-3451 json

Remote web-service operation execution in Apache CXF

published 2012-09-24 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-55j7-f5wf-43m4 , EUVD-2022-2504

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.9%
EPSS 8.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.cxf:cxf 2.4.9, 2.5.5, 2.6.2
  • apache cxf 2.4.9, 2.5.5, 2.6.2
  • xom jboss enterprise application platform 6 1.2.7-1._redhat_3.1.ep6.el6.6
  • dom4j jboss enterprise application platform 6 1.6.1-14_redhat_3.ep6.el6
  • guava jboss enterprise application platform 6 11.0.2-0.5.redhat_2.ep6.el6.6
  • httpd jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.2.22-14.ep6.el6
  • jaxen jboss enterprise application platform 6 1.1.3-8.redhat_2.ep6.el6.4
  • jtype jboss enterprise application platform 6 0.1.1-9_redhat_2.3.ep6.el6.4
  • juddi jboss enterprise application platform 6 3.1.3-2_redhat_2.1.ep6.el6.3
  • netty jboss enterprise application platform 6 3.2.6-2_redhat_2.2.ep6.el6.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1592RHSA-2012:1591RHSA-2013:0259RHSA-2013:0257

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-3451 updated cvss 4.3

apache-cxf: SOAPAction spoofing on document literal web services

  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 security Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 security
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0743
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS apache-cxf 2.2.12-10.patch_06.ep5.el4 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 ES apache-cxf 2.2.12-10.patch_06.ep5.el4 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server apache-cxf 2.2.12-10.patch_06.ep5.el5 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server apache-cxf 2.2.12-10.patch_06.ep5.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0257
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0256
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server httpd 2.2.22-14.ep6.el5, mod_jk 1.2.36-5.1.ep6.el5, mod_ssl 2.2.22-14.ep6.el5, httpd-tools 2.2.22-14.ep6.el5, mod_jk-ap22 1.2.36-5.1.ep6.el5, wss4j 1.6.7-1.redhat_1.ep6.el5, +255 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1591
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server httpd 2.2.22-14.ep6.el6, mod_jk 1.2.36-5.ep6.el6, mod_ssl 2.2.22-14.ep6.el6, mod_jk-ap22 1.2.36-5.ep6.el6, httpd-tools 2.2.22-14.ep6.el6, tomcat-native 1.1.24-1.ep6.el6, +252 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1592
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1594
  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0726
show 3 more
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server apache-cxf 2.2.12-10.patch_06.ep5.el5 Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server apache-cxf 2.2.12-10.patch_06.ep5.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0259
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0258
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS apache-cxf 2.2.12-10.patch_06.ep5.el4 Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 4 ES apache-cxf 2.2.12-10.patch_06.ep5.el4
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

8.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.cxf:cxf
<2.4.9
>=2.5.0, <2.5.5
>=2.6.0, <2.6.2
2.4.9
2.5.5
2.6.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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