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CVE-2012-6551
The default configuration of Apache ActiveMQ before 5.8.0 enables a sample web application, which allows remote attackers to cause a…
Medium5.0EPSS 7.8%
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- mitre
Description
The default configuration of Apache ActiveMQ before 5.8.0 enables a sample web application, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (broker resource consumption) via HTTP requests.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.8% · top 5.4% 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 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-web-demoGHSA-34fp-xvxp-rg22 (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.activemq:apache-activemqGHSA-34fp-xvxp-rg22 (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- RHSA-2013:1029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [dev] 20121022 [DISCUSS] - ActiveMQ out of the box - Should not include the demos (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://fisheye6.atlassian.com/changelog/activemq?cs=1404998 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 59401 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://activemq.apache.org/activemq-580-release.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12311210&version=12323282 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-4124 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-34fp-xvxp-rg22 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .