Direct Request ('Forced Browsing') vulnerability in Apache Axis2/Java.
CVE-2026-123779
Direct Request ('Forced Browsing') vulnerability in Apache Axis2/Java. The exposeServiceMetadata service parameter was enforced only on the ?wsdl, ?wsdl2 and ?xsd queries. For a service that had disabled it, the packaged .wsdl and .xsd file routes, the named-WSDL ?wsdl=NAME route of the standalone HTTP server, the OpenAPI, Swagger UI and MCP catalog endpoints, the services listing, WS-MetadataExchange GetMetadata and the ping module still disclosed its metadata to anonymous callers, including operation names and request and response schemas. This issue affects Apache Axis2/Java: through 2.0.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.2, which fixes the issue.
Assessment
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Severity
- Unscored
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 9 November 2026
- Last updated
- 9 November 2026
- Affected
- Apache Software Foundation · Apache Axis2/Java
- Assigner
- apache
At the source
References
- https://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/release-notes/2.0.2.html
- https://github.com/apache/axis-axis2-java-core/commit/1671a68660df39459bf22f7b00309e2a8e782117
- https://github.com/apache/axis-axis2-java-core/commit/8a81216b1b723e98a3c801de939201ad68f59b23
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/qqn6c4fb8tj0ldmb97c75zzxdjrh5dl3
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