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CVE-2012-5785
Apache Axis2/Java 1.6.2 and earlier does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or…
Medium5.8EPSS 2.2%
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- mitre
Description
Apache Axis2/Java 1.6.2 and earlier 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)
- 2.2% · top 17% 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.
- Mavenorg.apache.axis2:axis2GHSA-wwq7-pxwc-p4rc (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.axis2:axis2-transport-httpGHSA-wwq7-pxwc-p4rc (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- 51219 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- apache-axis2-ssl-spoofing(79830) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 56408 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-wwq7-pxwc-p4rc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .