High

Server Side Request Forgery in Apache Axis

  • Disclosed: 14.05.2019
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:21

A Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability affected the Apache Axis 1.4 distribution that was last released in 2006. Security and bug commits commits continue in the projects Axis 1.x Subversion repository, legacy users are encouraged to build from source. The successor to Axis 1.x is Axis2, the latest version is 1.7.9 and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) axis:axis <= 1.4 no fix
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.apache.axis:axis <= 1.4 no fix

References

CVSS score 7.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-918
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
axis:axis, org.apache.axis:axis
Disclosed
14.05.2019
Updated
11.10.2026 12:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-h9gj-rqrw-x4fq - 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. High · 7.2 CVE-2023-51441 <= 1.3 no fix
  2. Medium CVE-2012-5784 <= 1.4 no fix
  3. Server Side Request Forgery in Apache Axis this entry
    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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