CVE-2012-5784

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS Score
1.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 18% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
None
Published: November 4, 2012 (4939 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier, as used in PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Mass Pay, PayPal Transactional Information SOAP, the Java Message Service implementation in Apache ActiveMQ, 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.

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

apache activemqapache axispaypal mass paypaypal payments propaypal transactional information soap

References

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