CVE-2012-3451: Apache Cxf

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 8.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Apache CXF before 2.4.9, 2.5.x before 2.5.5, and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute unintended web-service operations by sending a header with a SOAP Action String that is inconsistent with the message body.

Affected products

• Apache Cxf: before 2.4.9 (fixed in 2.4.9); from 2.5.0, before 2.5.5 (fixed in 2.5.5); from 2.6.0, before 2.6.2 (fixed in 2.6.2)

Published 2012-09-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.