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CVE-2012-5633 Detail

Description

The URIMappingInterceptor in Apache CXF before 2.5.8, 2.6.x before 2.6.5, and 2.7.x before 2.7.2, when using the WSS4JInInterceptor, bypasses WS-Security processing, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to SOAP services via an HTTP GET request.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2012-5633.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://osvdb.org/90079 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120213/Apache-CXF-WS-Security-URIMappingInterceptor-Bypass.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0256.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0257.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0258.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0259.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0726.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0743.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0749.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Feb/39 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/51988 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/52183 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7933293/why-does-apache-cxf-ws-security-implementation-ignore-get-requests CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1409324 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1420698 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57874 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81980 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-4629 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBWS-3575 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-287 Improper Authentication cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-5633
NVD Published Date:
03/12/2013
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.