CVE-2011-1183

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-04-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Apache Tomcat 7.0.11, when web.xml has no login configuration, does not follow security constraints, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via HTTP requests to a meta-data complete web application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-1088 and CVE-2011-1419.

Affected products

Apache Tomcat: 7.0.11

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Apr/96
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8187
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1087643
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517362/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47196
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66675
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12701
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Apr/96
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8187
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1087643
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

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