org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.30, when FORM authentication is used, allows

Summary

org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.30, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to bypass security-constraint checks by leveraging a previous setUserPrincipal call and then placing /j_security_check at the end of a URI.

Timeline

1. Dec 19, 2012, 11:00 AM UTCCVE published
2. Aug 6, 2024, 8:13 PM UTCRecord last updated
3. Oct 28, 2026EPSS reached 10%

   FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

• n/a n/a

  Version range not reported

• org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMaven

  From 6.0.0 · fixed in 6.0.36

• org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMaven

  From 7.0.0 · fixed in 7.0.30

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