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CVE-2007-4548

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The login method in LoginModule implementations in Apache Geronimo 2.0 does not throw FailedLoginException for failed logins, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication requirements, deploy arbitrary modules, and gain administrative access by sending a blank username and password with the command line deployer in the deployment module.

Affected products

• Apache Geronimo: 2.0

References

• http://geronimo.apache.org/2007/08/13/apache-geronimo-v20-release-delayed-due-to-security-issue.html
• http://geronimo.apache.org/2007/08/21/apache-geronimo-201-released.html
• http://www.nabble.com/Geronimo-2.0-Release-suspended-due-to-security-issue-found-before-release-t4263667s134.html
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-1201
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-3404
• http://geronimo.apache.org/2007/08/13/apache-geronimo-v20-release-delayed-due-to-security-issue.html
• http://geronimo.apache.org/2007/08/21/apache-geronimo-201-released.html
• http://www.nabble.com/Geronimo-2.0-Release-suspended-due-to-security-issue-found-before-release-t4263667s134.html
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-1201
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-3404

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