CVE-2012-5784

mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.057 · 93 %ileDEEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
5.72% (93rd) EPSS
CVSS 5.8 · medium
Is it mine?
16 products
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Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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5.8
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v2.05.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 4.9
v2.04.9mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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affected products (16)

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advisories (2)

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  • WID-SEC-W-2023-0273IBM Maximo Asset Management: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-02-02csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein anonymer Angreifer im angrenzenden Netzbereich kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM Maximo Asset Management ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen oder Dateien zu manipulieren.

  • GHSA-55w9-c3g2-4rrhMan-in-the-middle attack in Apache Axis2020-10-07ghsa · osvUS

    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.

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published 2012-11-04modified 2026-06-16
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