High

Apache Axis Improper Input Validation vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 06.01.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:21

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Axis allowed users with access to the admin service to perform possible SSRF. This issue affects Apache Axis through 1.3.

As Axis 1 has been EOL, we recommend you migrate to a different SOAP engine, such as Apache Axis 2/Java. Alternatively you could use a build of Axis with the patch from https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/685c309febc64aa393b2d64a05f90e7eb9f73e06 applied. The Apache Axis project does not expect to create an Axis 1.x release fixing this problem, though contributors that would like to work towards this are welcome.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) axis:axis <= 1.3 no fix
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.apache.axis:axis <= 1.3 no fix

References

CVSS score 7.2/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20, CWE-918
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
axis:axis, org.apache.axis:axis
Disclosed
06.01.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 12:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-hr2c-p8rh-238h - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: axis:axis

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
6
First → latest
10.2018 01.2024
Without a fix
6
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 2
  • Medium 3

Disclosures per year

  1. 2018: 2
  2. 2019: 1
  3. 2020: 1
  4. 2021: 0
  5. 2022: 0
  6. 2023: 1
  7. 2024: 1
  8. 2025: 0
  9. 2026: 0
  1. Apache Axis Improper Input Validation vulnerability this entry
    High · 7.2 CVE-2023-51441 <= 1.3 no fix
  2. Medium CVE-2012-5784 <= 1.4 no fix
  3. High · 7.5 CVE-2019-0227 <= 1.4 no fix
  4. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2018-8032 <= 1.4 no fix
  5. Medium CVE-2014-3596 <= 1.4 no fix

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