axis2: vulnerable to authentication bypass and forged messages due to a Signature exclusion attack
Published Oct 9, 2012
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.09%
Description
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.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of axis as shipped with JBoss Developer Studio 5 and 6, JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5.2.2 and 6.0.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.1.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.09% (0.05089) | 92.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.09% (0.05089) | 91.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.15% (0.00154) | 33.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00184) | 57.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 27, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00184) | 55.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00184) | 53.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Nov 11, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 20, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 27.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://www.nds.rub.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2012/08/22/BreakingSAML_3.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5351 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865168 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79487 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66rx-gqx3-p98m Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5351
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5351
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html x_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.nds.rub.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2012/08/22/BreakingSAML_3.pdf | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5351 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865168 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79487 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66rx-gqx3-p98m | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5351 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5351 | ||
| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html | x_refsource_MISC |
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