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CVE-2012-6452

Axway Secure Messenger before 6.5 Updated Release 7, as used in Axway Email Firewall, provides...

5.0 Medium

Axway Secure Messenger before 6.5 Updated Release 7, as used in Axway Email Firewall, provides different responses to authentication requests depending on whether the user exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a series of requests.

Exploit likelihood

1.46%Up 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Axway Secure Messenger before 6.5 Updated Release 7, as used in Axway Email Firewall, provides different responses to authentication requests depending on whether the user exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a series of requests.

Record
CVE-2012-6452
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-287
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Axway Secure Messenger before 6.5 Updated Release 7, as used in Axway Email Firewall, provides different responses to authentication requests depending on whether the user exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a series of requests.

Record
CVE-2012-6452
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-6305 No score

Axway Secure Messenger before 6.5 Updated Release 7, as used in Axway Email Firewall, provides different responses to authentication requests depending on whether the user exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a series of requests.

Record
EUVD-2012-6305
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-42g5-v694-j53w No score

Axway Secure Messenger before 6.5 Updated Release 7, as used in Axway Email Firewall, provides...

Axway Secure Messenger before 6.5 Updated Release 7, as used in Axway Email Firewall, provides different responses to authentication requests depending on whether the user exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a series of requests.

Record
GHSA-42g5-v694-j53w
Weakness
CWE-287
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2012-6452 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Axway Email Firewall, published May 27, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.46%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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