CVE•Published 2016-02-25•Modified 2026-10-14•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2015-5346Apache · Tomcat
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
96
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 4% of all CVEs
Description
Session fixation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.66, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2, when different session settings are used for deployments of multiple versions of the same web application, might allow remote attackers to hijack web sessions by leveraging use of a requestedSessionSSL field for an unintended request, related to CoyoteAdapter.java and Request.java.
Timeline
Published 2016-02-25
Modified 2026-10-14
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 tag1 hosts
vuln:CVE-2015-5346Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Apache Tomcat" version:"7.0.0"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-2015-5346Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2015-5346Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2015-5346Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2015-5346GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2015-5346" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.