VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-11784

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability97.68%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-10-04
Last modified2026-10-15
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Description

When the default servlet in Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.11, 8.5.0 to 8.5.33 and 7.0.23 to 7.0.90 returned a redirect to a directory (e.g. redirecting to '/foo/' when the user requested '/foo') a specially crafted URL could be used to cause the redirect to be generated to any URI of the attackers choice.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

Primary references