{"cve":"CVE-2012-5351","nvd":{"published":"2012-10-09T23:55:05.360","modified":"2026-06-16T23:46:42.623","status":"Modified","description":"Apache Axis2 allows remote attackers to forge messages and bypass authentication via a SAML assertion that lacks a Signature element, aka a \"Signature exclusion attack,\" a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4418.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-287"],"references":["http://www.nds.rub.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2012/08/22/BreakingSAML_3.pdf","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79487","https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html","http://www.nds.rub.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2012/08/22/BreakingSAML_3.pdf","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79487"],"products":["apache:axis2"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:25:53.526315492+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-5351","score":0.05089,"percentile":0.92354,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-66rx-gqx3-p98m","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-66rx-gqx3-p98m","summary":"Improper Authentication in Apache Axis2","modified":"2024-12-05T05:43:04.760338Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.axis2:axis2","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.axis2/axis2","ranges":["<1.6.4"],"fixed":["1.6.4"]}]}],"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."]}