CVE-2012-5785

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.8)—

Apache Axis2/Java 1.6.2 and earlier 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

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Base score: 5.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.23%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 82
Score date: 10/5/2026

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 (1)

Apache — Axis2

CWEs

CWE-20

References

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