Cross-site request forgery in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2012-4431

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Cross-site request forgery in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2012-4431

Published: June 21, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64530
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4431
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Apache Tomcat
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the org/apache/catalina/filters/CsrfPreventionFilter.java in Apache Tomcat. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..

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