MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2011-1582

Tomcat vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
6.0%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Apache Tomcat 7.0.12 and 7.0.13 processes the first request to a servlet without following security constraints that have been configured through annotations, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via HTTP requests. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1088, CVE-2011-1183, and CVE-2011-1419.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Tomcat
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2011-05-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 6.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2011-1582

  • Confirm whether Apache Tomcat is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-1582.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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