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Vulnerability · CVE-2015-5351

The (1) Manager and (2) Host Manager applications in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 establish sessions and send CSRF token…

Published Feb 25, 2016 · catalog updated Oct 14, 2026 · the affected product

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2015-5351. EPSS is 9.67%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
9.67%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe apache/tomcat · cpe canonical/ubuntu linux · cpe debian/debian linux · vendor n/a n/a

The (1) Manager and (2) Host Manager applications in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 establish sessions and send CSRF tokens for arbitrary new requests, which allows remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by using a token.

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  • cpe apache/tomcat7.0.0
  • cpe apache/tomcat7.0.10
  • cpe apache/tomcat7.0.11
  • cpe apache/tomcat7.0.12
  • cpe apache/tomcat7.0.2
  • cpe apache/tomcat7.0.4
  • cpe apache/tomcat7.0.5
  • cpe apache/tomcat7.0.6
  • cpe canonical/ubuntu linux12.04
  • cpe debian/debian linux7.0
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2015-5351

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2015-5351. EPSS is 9.67%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with canonical/ubuntu linux 12.04; debian/debian linux 7.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). EPSS 9.67%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 25, 2016 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    The (1) Manager and (2) Host Manager applications in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 establish sessions and send CSRF tokens for arbitrary new requests, which allows remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by using a token.

  2. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    The (1) Manager and (2) Host Manager applications in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 establish sessions and send CSRF tokens for arbitrary new requests, which allows remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by using a token.

Sources

  • CIRCL Vulnerability LookupVulnerability recordCVE-2015-5351

    The (1) Manager and (2) Host Manager applications in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 establish sessions and send CSRF tokens for arbitrary new requests, which allows remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by using a toke

    vulnerability.circl.lu
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2015-5351

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2015-5351

    30-day exploitation probability 9.7%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2015-5351

    The (1) Manager and (2) Host Manager applications in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 establish sessions and send CSRF tokens for arbitrary new requests, which allows remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by using a toke

    nvd.nist.gov
  • Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135882/Apache-Tomcat-CSRF-Token-Leak.html

    Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

    packetstormsecurity.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.