CVE-2012-5351
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.051 · 92 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Apache Axis2 allows remote attackers to forge messages and bypass authentication via a SAML assertion that lacks a Signature element, aka a "Signature exclusion attack," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4418.
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-66rx-gqx3-p98mImproper Authentication in Apache Axis22022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
Apache Axis2 allows remote attackers to forge messages and bypass authentication via a SAML assertion that lacks a Signature element, aka a "Signature exclusion attack," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4418.
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references (9)
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- http://www.nds.rub.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2012/08/22/BreakingSAML_3.pdfcnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79487cnnvd
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.nds.rub.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2012/08/22/BreakingSAML_3.pdfenisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79487enisa_euvd
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.nds.rub.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2012/08/22/BreakingSAML_3.pdfnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79487nvd
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