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CVE-2012-5785

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5785 describes a vulnerability in Apache Axis2/Java versions 1.6.2 and earlier, where the software fails to validate that the server hostname matches the domain name in an X.509 certificate. This flaw allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers using any valid certificate. With a CVSS score of 5.8, this medium-severity vulnerability has a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code publicly available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0221 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.axis2:axis2Fixed in: 1.8.0
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.axis2:axis2-transport-httpFixed in: 1.8.0

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-wwq7-pxwc-p4rcmedium

Apache Axis2 has Improper Input Validation

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2012-5785Moderate

axis2: Does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's CN or subjectAltName field of the x.509 certificate

Oct 16, 2012

References

secunia.com / advisories/51219
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79830
cs.utexas.edu / ~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/56408