CVE-2012-5952 Auth bypass in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass authentication to trigger transmission of unauthenticated messages in IBM WebSphere Message Broker.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2012-5952?

CVE-2012-5952 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Feb 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM WebSphere Message Broker 6.1 before 6.1.0.12, 7.0 before 7.0.0.6, and 8.0 before 8.0.0.2 does not validate Basic Authentication credentials before proceeding to WS-Addressing and WS-Security operations, which allows remote attackers to trigger transmission of unauthenticated messages via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5952?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Message Broker.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5952?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5952 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2012-5952 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5952 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fh54-rxv3-35p2.

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