CVSS 3.1
7.4 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NCVE-2012-5817
Codehaus XFire 1.2.6 and earlier, as used in the Amazon EC2 API Tools Java library and other products, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 55% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-295
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- amazon:ec2_api_tools_java_library
- codehaus:xfire
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-5jc8-8xhv-g8qm | Maven | org.codehaus.xfire:xfire-core | <=1.2.6 | no fix published |