IBM WebSphere Message Broker 6.1 before 6.1.0.12, 7.0 before 7.0.0.6, and 8.0 before 8.0.0.2 does not validate Basic Authentication credentials before proceeding to WS-Addressing and WS-Security operations, which allows remote attackers to trigger transmission of unauthenticated messages via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2012-5952 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from ibm organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2013-02-20T12:09:22.380
2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Modified
CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
10.0
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 6.1 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 6.1.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 6.1.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 6.1.0.3 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 6.1.0.4 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 6.1.0.5 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 6.1.0.6 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 6.1.0.7 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 6.1.0.8 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 6.1.0.9 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 6.1.0.10 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 6.1.0.11 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 7.0. | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 7.0.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 7.0.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 7.0.0.3 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 7.0.0.4 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 7.0.0.5 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 8.0 | Yes |
| Application | ibm | websphere_message_broker | 8.0.0.1 | Yes |
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