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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-3546

org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.30, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to bypass security-constraint checks by leveraging a previous setUserPrincipal call and then…

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 12.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.30, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to bypass security-constraint checks by leveraging a previous setUserPrincipal call and then placing /j_security_check at the end of a URI.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
11.97% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
apache/tomcat
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.