CVE-2011-2481
Apache Tomcat 7.0.x before 7.0.17 permits web applications to replace an XML parser used for other web applications, which allows local users to read or modify the (1) web.xml, (2) context.xml, or (3) tld files of arbitrary web applications via a crafted application that is loaded earlier than the target application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-0783 regression.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.8% (58th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-5123)
- Published
- August 15, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-5123 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025924
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1137753(Patch)
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1138788(Patch)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49147
- https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51395(Exploit)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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