CVE-2012-5478

The AuthorizationInterceptor in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) before 5.2.0, Web Platform (EWP) before 5.2.0, BRMS Platform before 5.3.1, and SOA Platform before 5.3.1 does not properly restrict access, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended role restrictions and perform arbitrary JMX operations via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2013-02-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5478 is rated Moderate Risk (49.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.18%). EPSS rose +1.66% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5478

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 2026-06-15 0.52% 2.18% +1.66%
2 2025-03-17 0.42% 0.52% +0.10%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.42% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5478

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5478

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5478

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5478

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2012-5478

Comment: Per http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0192.html "This JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 release serves as a replacement for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2, and includes bug fixes and enhancements." Per http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0196.html "This JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 release serves as a replacement for JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.1.2, and includes bug fixes and enhancements."

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5478

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_web_platform 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_platform:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_brms_platform <= 5.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_brms_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5478

URL Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0191.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0192.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0193.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0194.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0195.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0196.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0197.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0198.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0221.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0533.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51984 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/52054 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1028042
http://www.osvdb.org/89580
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81514
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