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CVE-2011-2481

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-2481 describes a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 7.0.x before version 7.0.17, allowing local users to manipulate XML parsers. This flaw enables an attacker to read or modify sensitive configuration files (web.xml, context.xml, tld files) of other web applications by deploying a specially crafted application earlier in the loading sequence. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it indicates a low-complexity attack requiring local access, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0084 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 3,050 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 7.0.17

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-r7c8-hghc-2mp8medium

Apache Tomcat Allows Replacing of XML Parser

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2011-2481Low

Apache Tomcat CVE-2009-0783 regression

Aug 12, 2011

References

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/57126
securitytracker.com / id
issues.apache.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Exploit
svn.apache.org / viewvc
Patch
svn.apache.org / viewvc
Patch
tomcat.apache.org / security-7.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/49147