CVE-2011-1582

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-05-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Apache Tomcat 7.0.12 and 7.0.13 processes the first request to a servlet without following security constraints that have been configured through annotations, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via HTTP requests. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1088, CVE-2011-1183, and CVE-2011-1419.

Affected products

Apache Tomcat: 7.0.12, 7.0.13

References

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201105.mbox/%3C4DD26E30.2060103%40apache.org%3E
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8256
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1100832
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.14_%28released_12_May_2011%29
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518032/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47886
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1255
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67515
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201105.mbox/%3C4DD26E30.2060103%40apache.org%3E
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8256
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1100832
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.14_%28released_12_May_2011%29

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