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CVE-2014-0033

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0033 describes a session fixation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat versions 6.0.33 through 6.0.37. The flaw arises because the CoyoteAdapter component fails to respect the disableURLRewriting setting when processing session IDs embedded in URLs. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, and allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks with low complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0989 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (5)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 6.0.38
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5Fixed in: tomcat6-0:6.0.37-19_patch_04.ep6.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat6-0:6.0.37-27_patch_04.ep6.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0Fixed in: tomcat6
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5Fixed in: jbossweb

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-6gjj-c5mj-4cvpmedium

Improper Input Validation in Apache Tomcat

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-0033Moderate

tomcat: session fixation still possible with disableURLRewriting enabled

Feb 25, 2014

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
secunia.com / advisories/59036
secunia.com / advisories/59722
secunia.com / advisories/59873
lists.apache.org / thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
svn.apache.org / viewvc
tomcat.apache.org / security-6.html
Vendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3530
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/65769
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2130-1
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html