Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK 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.
CVE-2012-5783
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 5.8 — v2 rates that MEDIUM (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 9.3% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 5.8MEDIUMNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 5.8(low)
- EG Risk
- 34(Track)EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity58% × 45%Exploitation9% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 9%
- EPSS %ILE
- 95%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 4, 2012
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (36)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00078.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00040.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00041.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00053.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0270.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0679.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0680.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0681.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0682.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1853.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0224.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58073
- cve@mitrehttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1
Patch Availability(13)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libcommons-httpclient-java (3.1-10.2ubuntu0.15.04.1) @ vivid | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | patch | 2023-06-29 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2017-04-03 | redhat |
| redhat | redhat-support-plugin-rhev-0:3.3.0-14.el6ev | 2014-02-27 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2013-12-17 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2013-08-08 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2013-07-01 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2013-04-22 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2013-03-25 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2013-03-25 | redhat |
| redhat | jakarta-commons-httpclient-1:3.1-2_patch_01.ep5.el6 | 2013-03-25 | redhat |
| redhat | jakarta-commons-httpclient-1:3.1-0.7.el6_3 | 2013-02-19 | redhat |
| maven | commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient | — | ghsa |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient | 20020423 ... 3.1-rc1 (10 versions) | — | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(13)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0270MODERATE2012-10-16
RHSA-2013:0270 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0679MODERATE2012-10-16
RHSA-2013:0679 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0680MODERATE2012-10-16
RHSA-2013:0680 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0681MODERATE2012-10-16
RHSA-2013:0681 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0682MODERATE2012-10-16
RHSA-2013:0682 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0763MODERATE2012-10-16
RHSA-2013:0763 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2013:1006MODERATE2012-10-16
RHSA-2013:1006 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2013:1147MODERATE2012-10-16
RHSA-2013:1147 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2013:1853MODERATE2012-10-16
RHSA-2013:1853 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0224MODERATE2012-10-16
RHSA-2014:0224 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2017:0868MODERATE2012-10-16
RHSA-2017:0868 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3954MODERATE2012-10-16
RHSA-2023:3954 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-2769-1LOW
Apache Commons HttpClient vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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