CVE-2012-5575
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.4)—
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
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Base score: 6.4
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 6.32%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 93
- Score date: 10/3/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (6)
CWEs
- CWE-310
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.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0874.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0875.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0876.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0943.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1143.html
- 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.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0874.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0875.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0876.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0943.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1143.html
- 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
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