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CVE-2012-4431
org/apache/catalina/filters/CsrfPreventionFilter.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.32 allows remote attackers to…
Medium4.3EPSS 9.1%
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- redhat
Description
org/apache/catalina/filters/CsrfPreventionFilter.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.32 allows remote attackers to bypass the cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism via a request that lacks a session identifier.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.1% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-76vr-72mv-mf3q (opens in a new tab)
References (25)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18541 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- SSRT101139 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 20121204 CVE-2012-4431 Apache Tomcat Bypass of CSRF prevention filter (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0161 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-1685-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1700 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 56814 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0192 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SSRT101182 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0268 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0648 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1027834 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1437 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/filters/CsrfPreventionFilter.java?r1=1393088&r2=1393087&pathrev=1393088 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0647 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 57126 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1853 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0147 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml?r1=1393088&r2=1393087&pathrev=1393088 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0267 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1393088 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- HPSBST02955 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1701 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-76vr-72mv-mf3q (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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