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Apache Tomcat Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 5, 2024

Package

maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 5.5.9, <= 5.5.26
>= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.16

Patched versions

5.5.27
6.0.18
maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven)
>= 5.5.9, <= 5.5.26
>= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.16
5.5.27
6.0.18

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.9 through 5.5.26 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter (aka the hostname attribute) to host-manager/html/add.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 4, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Reviewed Jan 8, 2024
Last updated Mar 5, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

5.366%
(93rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2008-1947

GHSA ID

GHSA-f98p-9pp6-7q6c

Source code

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