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.
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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
| 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 |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |