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medium 6.4

CVE-2012-5351 json

Improper Authentication in Apache Axis2

published 2012-10-09 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-2731 , GHSA-66rx-gqx3-p98m

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.1%
EPSS 5.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Apache Axis2 allows remote attackers to forge messages and bypass authentication via a SAML assertion that lacks a Signature element, aka a "Signature exclusion attack," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4418.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.axis2:axis2 1.6.4
  • apache axis2 1.6.4
  • org.apache.axis2 axis2 1.6.4

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-2012-5351 updated cvss 5.8

axis2: vulnerable to authentication bypass and forged messages due to a Signature exclusion attack

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

5.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.axis2:axis2
<1.6.4
1.6.4

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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