Improper Authentication Affecting org.apache.axis2:axis2 package, versions [1.1,1.6.3]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.09% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEAXIS2-30525
  • published17 Jun 2014
  • disclosed9 Oct 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-5351  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

Overview

org.apache.axis2:axis2 is a Web Services / SOAP / WSDL engine, the successor to Apache Axis SOAP stack.

Apache Axis2 allows remote attackers to forge messages and bypass authentication via a SAML assertion that lacks a Signature element, aka a "Signature exclusion attack," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4418.

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