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CVE-2012-5783
Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, does not verify…
Medium5.8EPSS 9.3%
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- mitre
Description
Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.3% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavencommons-httpclient:commons-httpclientGHSA-3832-9276-x7gf (opens in a new tab)
References (18)
- RHSA-2013:0681 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1265 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0622 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0680 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0868 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0354 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 58073 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- apache-commons-ssl-spoofing(79984) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0270 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0682 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0638 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0623 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1853 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0679 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1147 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-2769-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0224 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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-3832-9276-x7gf (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .