CVE-2008-5515: Apache Tomcat

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 18.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, and possibly earlier versions normalizes the target pathname before filtering the query string when using the RequestDispatcher method, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and conduct directory traversal attacks via .. (dot dot) sequences and the WEB-INF directory in a Request.

Affected products

• Apache Tomcat: version 4.1.0 only; version 4.1.1 only; version 4.1.2 only; version 4.1.3 only; version 4.1.10 only; version 4.1.11 only; …

Published 2009-06-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.