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Apache Tomcat XSS Vulnerabilities in Examples Web Application

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 22, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.6
>= 5.0.0, <= 5.0.30
>= 5.5.0, <= 5.5.24
>= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.13

Patched versions

None

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in certain JSP files in the examples web application in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6, 4.1.0 through 4.1.36, 5.0.0 through 5.0.30, 5.5.0 through 5.5.24, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.13 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the portion of the URI after the ; character, as demonstrated by a URI containing a snp/snoop.jsp; sequence.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 14, 2007
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Reviewed Sep 22, 2023
Last updated Sep 22, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

95.945%
(100th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2007-2449

GHSA ID

GHSA-hc39-rjwp-qffq

Source code

No known source code
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