CVE-2012-4431

mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.091 · 95 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

9.15% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

62 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.3

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v2.03.9lowAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimaryCWE-352US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

imjdl/CVE-2012-4431imjdl/CVE-2012-4431PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (62)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
apache tomcat= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.17nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.18nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.19nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.20nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.24nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.26nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.27nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 6.0.28nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-76vr-72mv-mf3qCross-Site Request Forgery in Apache Tomcat2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
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.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2012-12-19modified 2026-10-09

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references (58)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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