5.8

CVE-2012-5783: apache httpclient Improper Certificate Validation

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2013-0199RHSA-2013:0270RHSA-2013:0680
Published 04-11-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-5783 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in apache httpclient. EPSS estimates a 9.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 3.7, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
9.25%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 5
DLA-222-1USN-2769-1CGA-36V2-2382-H797CGA-7HVW-H9C4-H6H5CGA-V9V4-9422-P5GQCGA-X2PJ-P6GM-XPQP

Timeline

  1. 04-11-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK 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 metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

9.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.04 pp

From 9.21% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard64 products
  • apicurio-registry< 3.0.6-r2
  • apicurio-registry-nginx-config< 3.0.6-r2
  • apicurio-registry-ui< 3.0.6-r2
  • hadoop-fips-3.3.6< 3.3.6-r15
  • trino< 445-r0
Wolfi62 products
  • apicurio-registry< 3.0.6-r2
  • apicurio-registry-nginx-config< 3.0.6-r2
  • apicurio-registry-ui< 3.0.6-r2
  • trino< 445-r0
  • trino-config< 445-r0
Redhat6 products
  • jakarta-commons-httpclient< 1:3.0-7jpp.2 | < 1:3.1-0.7.el6_3 | < 1:3.1-2.1_patch_01.ep5.el4 | < 1:3.1-2.1_patch_01.ep5.el5 | < 1:3.1-2_patch_01.ep5.el6
  • jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo< 1:3.0-7jpp.2 | < 1:3.1-0.7.el6_3
  • jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo< 1:3.0-7jpp.2 | < 1:3.1-0.7.el6_3
  • jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc< 1:3.0-7jpp.2 | < 1:3.1-0.7.el6_3
  • jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual< 1:3.0-7jpp.2 | < 1:3.1-0.7.el6_3
Ubuntu2 products
  • commons-httpclient< 3.1-10.2
  • httpcomponents-client< 4.3.3-1
Apache1 product
Canonical1 product
Commons-httpclient1 product
  • commons-httpclient≥ 3.0 (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • commons-httpclient< 3.1-10.1
Mageia1 product
  • jakarta-commons-httpclient< 3.1-3.1.mga2
Opensuse1 product
  • apache-commons-httpclient&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 3.1-8.5

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