tomcat: various flaws due not following ServletSecurity annotations
Published Mar 14, 2011
5.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.54%
Description
Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.11, when web.xml has no security constraints, does not follow ServletSecurity annotations, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via HTTP requests to a web application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1088.
Affected products
No data.
- 7.0.0
- 7.0.0
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.2
- 7.0.3
- 7.0.4
- 7.0.5
- 7.0.6
- 7.0.7
- 7.0.8
- 7.0.9
- 7.0.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
tomcat5
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
tomcat6
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tomcat5 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | tomcat6 | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.54% (0.06540) | 93.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.54% (0.06540) | 92.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 16.10% (0.16103) | 94.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 19.10% (0.19097) | 92.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 16.10% (0.16103) | 94.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 11.12% (0.11122) | 92.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00195) | 58.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 24, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00195) | 57.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00195) | 55.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.39% (0.06394) | 90.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.39% (0.06394) | 90.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.39% (0.06394) | 77.96th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (24)
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201103.mbox/%3C4D6E74FF.7050106%40apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201103.mbox/%3C4D6E74FF.7050106@apache.org%3E
- http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-user&m=129966773405409&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://markmail.org/message/lzx5273wsgl5pob6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://markmail.org/message/yzmyn44f5aetmm2r mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43684 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8131 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1079752 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.osvdb.org/71027 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46685 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0563 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1419 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708955 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65971 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66154 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vch7-92vf-jm44 Advisory
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/0ff4905158b77787a7f3aca55c9dec93456665dc
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/3e5b0455483eed55752047073e92403bfca8d3ec
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1419
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110307182442/http://markmail.org/message/yzmyn44f5aetmm2r
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110323002552/http://markmail.org/message/lzx5273wsgl5pob6
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170202135440/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46685
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1419
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