CVE-2012-4431

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-12-19 · updated 2026-10-09
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

Apache Tomcat: 6.0, 6.0.0, 6.0.0-alpha, 6.0.1, 6.0.1-alpha, 6.0.2 (+66)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-12/0045.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00051.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00080.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136612293908376&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0267.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0268.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0647.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0648.html

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