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 force CXF to use weaker cryptographic algorithms than intended and makes it easier to decrypt communications, aka "XML Encryption backwards compatibility attack."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 6.3% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-3062)
- Published
- August 19, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-3062 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- apache / cxf
- 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
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(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0874.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0875.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0876.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0943.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1143.html(Vendor 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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