Shiro vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.

Product1 known exploited39 versions
The short answer

Shiro is made by Apache. We track 17 published vulnerabilities in it, across 39 versions. 1 of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 3 November 2021. If you run Shiro, check your version against the exploited flaws below and patch those first.

Check your version

The most recent Shiro flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2016-4437, on 3 November 2021. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Versions

Which versions of Shiro do the exploited flaws hit?

Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, usually as ranges. "before 1.2.5" means every version up to, but not including, 1.2.5. Find your version, then patch.

  • CVE-2016-4437Exploited list, 3 Nov 2021

    Apache Shiro Code Execution Vulnerability

    before 1.2.5
Known exploited

Which Shiro vulnerabilities are being exploited?

1 flaw is on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 9.8
    CVE-2016-4437CriticalKnown exploited
    Apache Shiro Code Execution Vulnerability

    Apache Shiro contains a vulnerability which may allow remote attackers to execute code or bypass intended access restrictions via an unspecified request parameter when a cipher key has not been configured for the...

    Chance of use93%Known exploited since3 Nov 2021
Exploit likelihood

Which Shiro flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 93%
    CVE-2016-4437CriticalKnown exploited

    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...

    CVSS9.8Published7 Jun 2016
  2. 86%

    Apache Shiro before 1.7.1, when using Apache Shiro with Spring, a specially crafted HTTP request may cause an authentication bypass.

    CVSS9.8Published3 Feb 2021
  3. 76%

    Apache Shiro before 1.8.0, when using Apache Shiro with Spring Boot, a specially crafted HTTP request may cause an authentication bypass.

    CVSS9.8Published17 Sep 2021
  4. 55%

    Apache Shiro before 1.1.0, and JSecurity 0.9.x, does not canonicalize URI paths before comparing them to entries in the shiro.ini file, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a...

    CVSS5.0Published5 Nov 2010
  5. 44%

    Apache Shiro before 1.6.0, when using Apache Shiro, a specially crafted HTTP request may cause an authentication bypass.

    CVSS7.5Published17 Aug 2020
  6. 26%

    Apache Shiro before 1.9.1, A RegexRequestMatcher can be misconfigured to be bypassed on some servlet containers.

    CVSS9.8Published29 Jun 2022
  7. 24%

    Apache Shiro before 1.5.3, when using Apache Shiro with Spring dynamic controllers, a specially crafted request may cause an authentication bypass.

    CVSS9.8Published22 Jun 2020
  8. 23%

    Apache Shiro before 1.5.2, when using Apache Shiro with Spring dynamic controllers, a specially crafted request may cause an authentication bypass.

    CVSS9.8Published25 Mar 2020
  9. 9.7%

    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.

    CVSS7.5Published20 Sep 2016
  10. 9.1%

    Apache Shiro before 1.4.2, when using the default "remember me" configuration, cookies could be susceptible to a padding attack.

    CVSS7.5Published18 Nov 2019
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We track 17 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Shiro, across 39 versions. The most recent Shiro flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2016-4437, on 3 November 2021.

1 is on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added is CVE-2016-4437.

Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2016-4437, affects before 1.2.5. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Shiro. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.