CVE-2012-6551
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 7.8%EU EUVD
The default configuration of Apache ActiveMQ before 5.8.0 enables a sample web application, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (broker resource consumption) via HTTP requests.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 7.8% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-2104)
- Published
- April 21, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-2104 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
- apache / activemq
References
- http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/DISCUSS-ActiveMQ-out-of-the-box-Should-not-include-the-demos-tc4658044.html
- http://activemq.apache.org/activemq-580-release.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1029.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59401
- https://fisheye6.atlassian.com/changelog/activemq?cs=1404998
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-4124
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12311210&version=12323282
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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