CVE-2011-2481: Apache Tomcat

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Apache Tomcat 7.0.x before 7.0.17 permits web applications to replace an XML parser used for other web applications, which allows local users to read or modify the (1) web.xml, (2) context.xml, or (3) tld files of arbitrary web applications via a crafted application that is loaded earlier than the target application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-0783 regression.

Affected products

• Apache Tomcat: version 7.0.0 only; version 7.0.1 only; version 7.0.2 only; version 7.0.3 only; version 7.0.4 only; version 7.0.5 only; …

Published 2011-08-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.