SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf:cxf (GHSA-55j7-f5wf-43m4)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 410591

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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. (CVE-2012-3451)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-55j7-f5wf-43m4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 410591

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3451

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3451

BID: 55628

cwe: CWE-20