GHSA-p836-389h-j692

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    GHSA-p836-389h-j692

    Published: 14 May 2022Last Modified: 22 Oct 2025
    Aliases:
    CVE-2016-4437

    Summary: Improper Access Control in Apache Shiro

    Details: Apache Shiro before 1.2.5, when a cipher key has not been configured for the "remember me" feature, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or bypass intended access restrictions via an unspecified request parameter.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4437, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ef3a800c7d727a00e04b78e2f06c5cd8960f09ca28c9b69d94c3c4c4%40%3Cannouncements.aurora.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ef3a800c7d727a00e04b78e2f06c5cd8960f09ca28c9b69d94c3c4c4@%3Cannouncements.aurora.apache.org%3E, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-4437, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137310/Apache-Shiro-1.2.4-Information-Disclosure.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157497/Apache-Shiro-1.2.4-Remote-Code-Execution.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538570/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91024

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.shiro:shiro-core

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.apache.shiro/shiro-core

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.5

    Affected versions

    1.0.0-incubating

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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