CVE-2012-5785
EPSS 0.49%Apache Axis2 has Improper Input Validation
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 12/4/2025
Description
Apache Axis2/Java 1.7.9 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.
Affected packages (2)
- Maven/org.apache.axis2:axis2from 0, < 1.8.0
- Maven/org.apache.axis2:axis2-transport-httpfrom 0, < 1.8.0