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CVE-2012-2378

Published: Jan 5, 2013Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-264
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
3.9%
Top 11.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Apache CXF 2.4.5 through 2.4.7, 2.5.1 through 2.5.3, and 2.6.x before 2.6.1, does not properly enforce child policies of a WS-SecurityPolicy 1.1 SupportingToken policy on the client side, which allows remote attackers to bypass the (1) AlgorithmSuite, (2) SignedParts, (3) SignedElements, (4) EncryptedParts, and (5) EncryptedElements policies.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

n/an/a
org.apache.cxf:cxfMavenOSS Libraries
cxfapache
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
apacheoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache http server, apache httpd

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1594.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/51607
secunia.com
http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2012-2378.html
cxf.apache.org
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Timeline

Published
Jan 5, 2013
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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