CVE-2012-5575: apache cxf Cryptographic Issues
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-5575 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in apache cxf. EPSS estimates a 6.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 19-08-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Apache CXF 2.5.x before 2.5.10, 2.6.x before CXF 2.6.7, and 2.7.x before CXF 2.7.4 does not verify that a specified cryptographic algorithm is allowed by the WS-SecurityPolicy AlgorithmSuite definition before decrypting, which allows remote attackers to force CXF to use weaker cryptographic algorithms than intended and makes it easier to decrypt communications, aka "XML Encryption backwards compatibility attack."
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
6.32%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 6.32% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat8 products
- jboss_enterprise_application_platform5.0.0
- jboss_enterprise_portal_platform4.3.0
- jboss_enterprise_soa_platform4.3.0
- jboss_enterprise_web_platform5.2.0
- jboss_fuse_esb_enterprise7.1.0
Apache1 product
- cxf2.5.0 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.3 | 2.5.4 | 2.5.5 | 2.5.6 | 2.5.7 | 2.5.8 | 2.5.9 | 2.6.0 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.6 | 2.7.0 | 2.7.1 | 2.7.2 | 2.7.3
Org.apache.cxf1 product
- cxf-rt-transports-http≥ 2.5.0, < 2.5.10 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.7 | ≥ 2.7.0, < 2.7.4
3 vendors · 10 products
