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CVE-2012-5784

Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier, as used in PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Mass Pay, PayPal Transactional Information SOAP, the Java Message Service implementation in Apache ActiveMQ, and other products, 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…

Severity
Medium 5.8
Published
4 Nov 2012
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
5.7% in the next 30 daysHigher than 93% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
Improper input validation (CWE-20)
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Read some data · Change some data
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Sources
NVD

Description

Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier, as used in PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Mass Pay, PayPal Transactional Information SOAP, the Java Message Service implementation in Apache ActiveMQ, and other products, 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.

From NVD.

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Apache ActiveMQServers and applications · cpe:a:apache:activemq
  • Every version up to 5.7.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5784
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5784