CVE-2010-3863
Apache Shiro before 1.1.0, and JSecurity 0.9.x, does not canonicalize URI paths before comparing them to entries in the shiro.ini file,…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 54.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Apache Shiro before 1.1.0, and JSecurity 0.9.x, does not canonicalize URI paths before comparing them to entries in the shiro.ini file, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted request, as demonstrated by the /./account/index.jsp URI.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apache Shiro - Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34952remote, multiplepublished 2 Nov 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 28 days later
· 28 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 54.5% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.shiro:shiro-rootGHSA-3jx9-mgwx-4q83 (opens in a new tab)
References
7
- 44616 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 41989 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 69067 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20101103 CVE-2010-3863: Apache Shiro information disclosure vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20101102 CVE-2010-3863: Apache Shiro information disclosure vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- shiro-filters-security-bypass(62959) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2888 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-2205 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-3jx9-mgwx-4q83 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2010-3863)Record last updated .