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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2010-3863

Apache Shiro before 1.1.0, and JSecurity 0.9.x, does not canonicalize URI paths before comparing them to entries in the shiro.ini file, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted request, as demonstrated by the…

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 54.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 54.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Apache Shiro before 1.1.0, and JSecurity 0.9.x, does not canonicalize URI paths before comparing them to entries in the shiro.ini file, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted request, as demonstrated by the /./account/index.jsp URI.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
54.52% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 2 November 2010
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
apache/shiro · jsecurity/jsecurity
Source
secalert@redhat.com
EPSS trend
0%28%55%26 October 2026: 54.52%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 54.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-34952source ↗Apache Shiro - Directory Traversalmultiple · Luke Taylorremote2 November 2010yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.