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CVE-2015-5351

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5351 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) bypass vulnerability affecting the Manager and Host Manager applications in Apache Tomcat versions 7.x prior to 7.0.68, 8.x prior to 8.0.31, and 9.x prior to 9.0.0.M2. The vulnerability arises because these applications establish sessions and send CSRF tokens for arbitrary new requests, allowing attackers to reuse tokens. This vulnerability is rated as High severity with a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It requires user interaction (UI:R) to exploit. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0921 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (24)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 9.0.0.M2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 8.0.31
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 7.0.68
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1Fixed in: tomcat7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: httpd24-0:2.4.6-61.ep7.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: mod_security-jws3-0:2.8.0-7.GA.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.59-50_patch_01.ep7.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat8-0:8.0.18-61_patch_01.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: mod_security-jws3-0:2.8.0-7.GA.ep7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.59-50_patch_01.ep7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tomcat8-0:8.0.18-61_patch_01.ep7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: httpd24-0:2.4.6-61.ep7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: tomcat-0:7.0.69-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el6
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6Fixed in: jbossweb
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3Fixed in: jbossweb
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6Fixed in: jbossweb
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5Fixed in: jbossweb
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6Fixed in: jbossweb
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6Fixed in: jbossweb
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4Fixed in: jbossweb
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5Fixed in: jbossweb

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-w7cg-5969-678whigh

Apache Tomcat allows remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by using a token

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2015-5351Moderate

tomcat: CSRF token leak

Feb 22, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00047.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00069.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00085.html
packetstormsecurity.com / files/135882/Apache-Tomcat-CSRF-Token-Leak.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2599.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2807.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2808.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1087
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1088
bto.bluecoat.com / security-advisory/sa118
seclists.org / bugtraq/2016/Feb/148
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201705-09
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180531-0001
softwaresupport.hpe.com / document/-/facetsearch/document/KM02978021
svn.apache.org / viewvc
svn.apache.org / viewvc
svn.apache.org / viewvc
svn.apache.org / viewvc
svn.apache.org / viewvc
svn.apache.org / viewvc
tomcat.apache.org / security-7.html
Vendor Advisory
tomcat.apache.org / security-8.html
Vendor Advisory
tomcat.apache.org / security-9.html
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3530
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3552
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3609
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
securityfocus.com / bid/83330
securitytracker.com / id/1035069
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3024-1