Tomcat /status Information Disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11218

Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

Requesting the URI '/status' gives information about the currently running instance of the remote web server (most likely Apache Tomcat). It also allows anybody to reset the current statistics. A remote attacker can use this information to mount further attacks.

Solution

Disable this feature if it is not being used. Otherwise, restrict access to it.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11218

File Name: tomcat_status.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 2/3/2003

Updated: 6/12/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:tomcat

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Apache Tomcat

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/1/1999

Detections

Analytics