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CVE-2012-6551

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CVE-2012-6551 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ versions prior to 5.8.0. The flaw stems from a default-enabled sample web application that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to consume broker resources via HTTP requests. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, though its impact is limited to availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:4.0:m4:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0767 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (4)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.activemq:apache-activemqFixed in: 5.8.0
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.activemq:activemq-web-demoFixed in: 5.8.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Fuse MQ Enterprise 7.1.0
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4Fixed in: activemq

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-34fp-xvxp-rg22medium

Apache ActiveMQ default configuration subject to denial of service

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2012-6551Moderate

activemq: DoS by resource consumption via HTTP requests to sample webapp

Nov 2, 2012

References

activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com / DISCUSS-ActiveMQ-out-of-the-box-Should-not-include-the-demos-tc4658044.html
activemq.apache.org / activemq-580-release.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1029.html
fisheye6.atlassian.com / changelog/activemq
issues.apache.org / jira/browse/AMQ-4124
issues.apache.org / jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa
securityfocus.com / bid/59401