{"cve":"CVE-2012-3451","nvd":{"published":"2012-09-24T17:55:01.280","modified":"2026-06-16T23:43:14.877","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://cxf.apache.org/cve-2012-3451.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1591.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1592.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1594.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0256.html"],"products":["apache:cxf"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:25:53.526315492+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-3451","score":0.08882,"percentile":0.95222,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-55j7-f5wf-43m4","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-55j7-f5wf-43m4","summary":"Remote web-service operation execution in Apache CXF","modified":"2024-12-08T05:26:46.993427Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.cxf:cxf","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf","ranges":["<2.4.9"],"fixed":["2.4.9"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.cxf:cxf","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf","ranges":[">=2.5.0 <2.5.5"],"fixed":["2.5.5"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.cxf:cxf","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf","ranges":[">=2.6.0 <2.6.2"],"fixed":["2.6.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}