CVE-2012-5633
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 8.16% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- apache/cxf
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 8.2% 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-2012-5633.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/90079
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120213/Apache-CXF-WS-Security-URIMappingInterceptor-Bypass.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0256.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0257.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0258.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0259.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0726.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0743.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0749.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Feb/39
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51988Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52183Vendor Advisory
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7933293/why-does-apache-cxf-ws-security-implementation-ignore-get-requests
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1409324
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1420698
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57874
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81980
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-4629
- https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBWS-3575
- 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-2012-5633.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/90079
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120213/Apache-CXF-WS-Security-URIMappingInterceptor-Bypass.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0256.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.