CVE-2012-3546
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 12.0%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 12.0% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-4361)
- Published
- December 19, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-4361 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
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References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-12/0044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136612293908376&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0004.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0146.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0147.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0151.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0157.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0158.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0162.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0163.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0164.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0191.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0192.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0193.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0194.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0195.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0196.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0197.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0198.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0221.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0235.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0623.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0640.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0641.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0642.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51984
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52054
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java?r1=1377892&r2=1377891&pathrev=1377892(Patch)
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml?r1=1377892&r2=1377891&pathrev=1377892(Patch)
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1377892
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56812
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027833
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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