CVE-2012-3525

Exp

s2s/out.c in jabberd2 2.2.16 and earlier does not verify that a request was made for an XMPP Server Dialback response, which allows remote XMPP servers to spoof domains via a (1) Verify Response or (2) Authorization Response.

Published: 2012-08-25 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-3525 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.93%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-3525

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-3525

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 6.68% 2.93% -3.75%
2 2025-03-29 2.93% 6.68% +3.75%
3 2025-03-19 2.93%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3525

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-3525

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-3525

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-3525 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (jabberd2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3525
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3525
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-3525 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jabberd2), 7 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): released 5, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3525

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3525

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jabber2 jabberd2 2.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:jabber2:jabberd2:2.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 <= 2.2.16 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.13 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.16 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.17 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.18 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.22 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.23 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.1.24 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.13 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.14 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jabberd2 jabberd2 2.2.15 cpe:2.3:a:jabberd2:jabberd2:2.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3525

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