CVE-2012-5575
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 2.0
- 6.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 6.32% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-310
- Affected
- apache/cxf · redhat/jboss enterprise application platform · redhat/jboss enterprise portal platform · redhat/jboss enterprise soa platform · redhat/jboss enterprise web platform · redhat/jboss fuse esb enterprise
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 6.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2012-5575.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0833.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0834.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0839.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0873.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0874.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0875.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0876.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0943.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1143.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.html
- http://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/research/publications/backwards-compatibility/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60043
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880443
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2012-5575.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0833.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0834.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0839.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0873.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0874.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0875.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0876.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0943.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.