CVE•Published 2012-12-19•Modified 2026-10-09•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2012-4431Apache · Tomcat
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
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EPSS percentile
95
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 5% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
org/apache/catalina/filters/CsrfPreventionFilter.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.32 allows remote attackers to bypass the cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism via a request that lacks a session identifier.
Timeline
Published 2012-12-19
Modified 2026-10-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2012-4431Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Apache Tomcat" version:"6.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Tomcat"HTTP body or banner mentions "Tomcat" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2012-4431Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2012-4431Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2012-4431Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2012-4431GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2012-4431" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.