Is CVE-2012-3546 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-3546 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-3546?

CVE-2012-3546 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-3546?

CVE-2012-3546 has an EPSS score of 11.97% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-3546

MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctl

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.30, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to bypass security-constraint checks by leveraging a previous setUserPrincipal call and then placing /j_security_check at the end of a URI.

CWE-264

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

11.97%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.