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CVE-2012-5633

Improper Authentication

Published: Mar 12, 2013 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
6.4 IMPORTANT
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5633
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

The URIMappingInterceptor in Apache CXF before 2.5.8, 2.6.x before 2.6.5, and 2.7.x before 2.7.2, when using the WSS4JInInterceptor, bypasses WS-Security processing, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to SOAP services via an HTTP GET request.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
CxfApache*2.5.7 (including)
CxfApache2.5.0 (including)2.5.0 (including)
CxfApache2.5.1 (including)2.5.1 (including)
CxfApache2.5.2 (including)2.5.2 (including)
CxfApache2.5.3 (including)2.5.3 (including)
CxfApache2.5.4 (including)2.5.4 (including)
CxfApache2.5.5 (including)2.5.5 (including)
CxfApache2.5.6 (including)2.5.6 (including)
Fuse ESB Enterprise 7.1.0RedHat*
JBEWP 5 for RHEL 5RedHatapache-cxf-0:2.2.12-10.patch_06.ep5.el5*
JBEWP 5 for RHEL 6RedHatapache-cxf-0:2.2.12-10.patch_06.ep5.el6*
JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.3RedHat*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2RedHat*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4RedHatapache-cxf-0:2.2.12-10.patch_06.ep5.el4*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5RedHatapache-cxf-0:2.2.12-10.patch_06.ep5.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6RedHatapache-cxf-0:2.2.12-10.patch_06.ep5.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0RedHat*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5RedHatapache-cxf-0:2.4.9-6.redhat_3.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6RedHatapache-cxf-0:2.4.9-6.redhat_3.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.0RedHat*
Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3RedHat*
Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.2RedHat*

Potential Mitigations

References

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