Is CVE-2012-5786 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-5786 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-5786?

CVE-2012-5786 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-5786

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD

The wsdl_first_https sample code in distribution/src/main/release/samples/wsdl_first_https/src/main/ in Apache CXF before 2.7.0 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. NOTE: The vendor states that the sample had specifically used a flag to bypass the DN check

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 1.1% (65th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-5666)
Published: November 4, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5666 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apache / cxf

References

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf(Technical Description, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79983

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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