CVE-2023-51441 — UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache A

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.

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Axis	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-01-06T11:59:37.769Z
• Last modified: 2025-06-18T15:50:11.058Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/685c309febc64aa393b2d64a05f90e7…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread/8nrm5thop8f82pglx4o0jg8wmvy6d9yd