CVE-2011-2481

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-08-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Apache Tomcat 7.0.x before 7.0.17 permits web applications to replace an XML parser used for other web applications, which allows local users to read or modify the (1) web.xml, (2) context.xml, or (3) tld files of arbitrary web applications via a crafted application that is loaded earlier than the target application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-0783 regression.

Affected products

Apache Tomcat: 7.0.0, 7.0.0-beta, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4 (+10)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025924
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1137753
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1138788
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49147
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51395
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025924
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1137753

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