🛡️ CVE-2011-3190 — tomcat

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-287 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Apache Tomcat Allows Remote Attackers to Spoof AJP Requests

Certain AJP protocol connector implementations in Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 through 7.0.20, 6.0.0 through 6.0.33, 5.5.0 through 5.5.33, and possibly other versions allow remote attackers to spoof AJP requests, bypass authentication, and obtain sensitive information by causing the connector to interpret a request body as a new request.

Weakness class

CVE-2011-3190 is classified as CWE-287: Improper Authentication. The identity of the caller is not established correctly, so an attacker can act as another user.

Affected software

CVE-2011-3190 is recorded against 1 package.

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (from 5.0.0 up to 5.5.34)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2022 and last revised on 21 February 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
issues.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
oval.cisecurity.org (Web)
oval.cisecurity.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-287
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-02-21
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 5.0.0 5.5.34

References

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