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CVE-2005-4838
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the example web applications for Jakarta Tomcat 5.5.6 and earlier allow remote…
Medium4.3EPSS 7.9%
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- redhat
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the example web applications for Jakarta Tomcat 5.5.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) el/functions.jsp, (2) el/implicit-objects.jsp, and (3) jspx/textRotate.jspx in examples/jsp2/, as demonstrated via script in a request to snp/snoop.jsp. NOTE: other XSS issues in the manager were simultaneously reported, but these require admin access and do not cross privilege boundaries.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.9% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (18)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- tomcat-functions-xss(36467) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20070906 Apache Tomcat remote xss (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0630 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 34878 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 12721 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 31493 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20050103 [PATCH jakarta-servletapi-5] Re: Fwd: XSS in Jakarta Tomcat 5.5.6 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 34879 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1012793 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 13737 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/jakarta556_xss.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0261 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20050103 Re: Fwd: XSS in Jakarta Tomcat 5.5.6 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [21/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [19/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [24/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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