CVE-2013-2067
java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java in the form authentication feature in Apache Tomcat 6.0.21 through 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.33 does not properly handle the relationships between authentication requirements and sessions,…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java in the form authentication feature in Apache Tomcat 6.0.21 through 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.33 does not properly handle the relationships between authentication requirements and sessions, which allows remote attackers to inject a request into a session by sending this request during completion of the login form, a variant of a session fixation attack.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 10.41% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- apache/tomcat
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 10.4% on 25 October 2026 to 10.4% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0041.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0833.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0834.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0839.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0964.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java?r1=1417891&r2=1417890&pathrev=1417891Patch
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java?r1=1408044&r2=1408043&pathrev=1408044Patch
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1408044Patch
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1417891Patch
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59799
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64758
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1841-1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0041.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0833.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0834.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0839.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0964.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java?r1=1417891&r2=1417890&pathrev=1417891Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.