CVE-2012-4431 describes a bypass vulnerability in the Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism within Apache Tomcat versions 6.x prior to 6.0.36 and 7.x prior to 7.0.32. This flaw allows remote attackers to circumvent CSRF protection by submitting requests that lack a session identifier. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity, requiring no authentication, and potentially leading to partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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