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CVE-2012-3451

Published: Sep 24, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-20
4.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
8.9%
Top 5.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Apache CXF before 2.4.9, 2.5.x before 2.5.5, and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute unintended web-service operations by sending a header with a SOAP Action String that is inconsistent with the message body.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

apache
oss-project·USaka apache httpd, apache http server
cxfLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Maven
package-ecosystem
org.apache.cxf:cxf
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851896
bugzilla.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0256.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1368559
svn.apache.org
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