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CVE-2016-6802
Apache Shiro before 1.3.2 allows attackers to bypass intended servlet filters and gain access by leveraging use of a non-root servlet…
High7.5EPSS 9.7%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Apache Shiro before 1.3.2 allows attackers to bypass intended servlet filters and gain access by leveraging use of a non-root servlet context path.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 39 days later
· 39 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.7% · top 4.5% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.shiro:shiro-allGHSA-4q2v-j639-cp7p (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.shiro:shiro-webGHSA-4q2v-j639-cp7p (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- 20160913 [ANNOUNCE][CVE-2016-6802] Apache Shiro 1.3.2 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138709/Apache-Shiro-Filter-Bypass.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 92947 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4q2v-j639-cp7p (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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