# CVE-2023-51441: Apache Axis 1.x (EOL) may allow SSRF when untrusted input is passed to the service admin HTTP API

- Also known as: GHSA-HR2C-P8RH-238H
- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- apache rates this low
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2024-01-06 · Updated: 2025-06-18

## Affected

- org.apache.axis:axis-rt-core: through 1.3
- org.apache.axis:axis (Maven): through 1.3
- axis:axis (Maven): through 1.3

## Description

** 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.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/apache/axis-axis1-java/commit/685c309febc64aa393b2d64a05f90e7eb9f73e06
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/8nrm5thop8f82pglx4o0jg8wmvy6d9yd

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