CVE-2012-2378

apache-cxf: Certain child policies of WS-SecurityPolicy 1.1 SupportingToken policy not applied on the client side

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Apache CXF 2.4.5 through 2.4.7, 2.5.1 through 2.5.3, and 2.6.x before 2.6.1, does not properly enforce child policies of a WS-SecurityPolicy 1.1 SupportingToken policy on the client side, which allows remote attackers to bypass the (1) AlgorithmSuite, (2) SignedParts, (3) SignedElements, (4) EncryptedParts, and (5) EncryptedElements policies.

Apache CXF v2.4.5 hasta v2.4.7, v2.5.1 hasta v2.5.3, y v2.6.x anteriores a v2.6.1, no refuerza de forma adecuada las politicas hijo de un política WS-SecurityPolicy 1.1 SupportingToken del lado del cliente, lo que permite a atacantes remotos evitar las políticas (1) AlgorithmSuite, (2) SignedParts, (3) SignedElements, (4) EncryptedParts, y (5) EncryptedElements policies.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-04-19 CVE Reserved
2013-01-05 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1337150	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53880	Vdb Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2012-2378.html	2023-02-13
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1591.html	2023-02-13
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1592.html	2023-02-13
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1594.html	2023-02-13
http://secunia.com/advisories/51607	2023-02-13
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2378	2012-12-18
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826533	2012-12-18

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.4.5 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.4.5"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.4.6 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.4.6"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.4.7 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.4.7"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.5.1 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.5.1"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.5.2 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.5.2"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.5.3 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.5.3"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Cxf Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf"				2.6.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Cxf" and version "2.6.0"		-		Affected