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CVE-2012-5784

Published: Nov 4, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-20
NVD MITRE
5.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
5.7%
Top 8.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-20

Affected Products

n/an/a
activemqapache
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
axisapache
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
mass paypaypal
SaaS
Cloud & SaaS / saas-application
payments propaypal
SaaS
Cloud & SaaS / saas-application
apacheoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache http server, apache httpd
paypalcommercialUSCloud & SaaS
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Attack Graph

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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0269.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0037.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/51219
secunia.com
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Timeline

Published
Nov 4, 2012
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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