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CVE-2018-1305

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1305 describes a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat versions 7.0.0 to 9.0.4 where security constraints defined by Servlet annotations might not be applied until the Servlet is loaded, potentially exposing unauthorized resources. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, allowing authenticated users to access sensitive information. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.84CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.49CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0.0:rc10:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1474 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 21,939 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (22)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreFixed in: 7.0.85
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreFixed in: 8.5.28
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreFixed in: 9.0.5
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: mod_cluster-0:1.3.8-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep7.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.70-25.ep7.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat8-0:8.0.36-29.ep7.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat-native-0:1.2.8-11.redhat_11.ep7.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: mod_cluster-0:1.3.8-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.70-25.ep7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tomcat8-0:8.0.36-29.ep7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tomcat-native-0:1.2.8-11.redhat_11.ep7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tomcat-vault-0:1.1.6-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Openshift Application Runtimes
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat-vault-0:1.1.6-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: tomcat-0:7.0.76-9.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse Intergration Services 2.0 based on Fuse 6.3 R8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2Fixed in: tomcat8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Application RuntimesFixed in: tomcat
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2Fixed in: tomcat7
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6Fixed in: jbossweb

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-jx6h-3fjx-cgv5medium

Apache Tomcat information exposure vulnerability

Oct 17, 2018
redhatCVE-2018-1305Moderate

tomcat: Late application of security constraints can lead to resource exposure for unauthorised users

Feb 23, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0465
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0466
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1320
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2939
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2205
lists.apache.org / thread.html/1dd0a59c1295cc08ce4c9e7edae5ad2268acc9ba55adcefa0532e5ba%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/5c0e00fd31efc11e147bf99d0f03c00a734447d3b131ab0818644cdb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/d3354bb0a4eda4acc0a66f3eb24a213fdb75d12c7d16060b23e65781%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/e85e83e9954f169bbb77b44baae5a33d8de878df557bb32b7f793661%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/eb6efa8d59c45a7a9eff94c4b925467d3b3fec8ba7697f3daa314b04%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00008.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00044.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180706-0001
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3665-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4281
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103144
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040428
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry