What is CVE-2015-5345?

CVE-2015-5345 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-02-25.

How severe is CVE-2015-5345?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-5345 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Apache Tomcat

CVE-2015-5345

The Mapper component in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 processes redirects before considering security constraints and Filters, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of a directory via a URL that lacks a trailing / (slash) character.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2016-02-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.184 (97.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.184 · newest: 0.184 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Tomcat — versions 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.10
Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5345?: CVE-2015-5345 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-02-25.
How severe is CVE-2015-5345?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-5345 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.