Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 allows…

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that is used in the message argument to the HttpServletResponse.sendError method.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

75.9% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-q74x-qqhr-f8rx (opens in a new tab)

References (64)

• 1020622 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5985 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0862 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1609 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2009-2194 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 34013 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/06/15/ca20090615-02-ca-service-desk-tomcat-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2823 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 37460 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 31982 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31681 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 32120 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11181 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 33999 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30496 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 31865 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 4098 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-8130 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=214095 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 31639 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 36108 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 31379 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0320 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0864 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 57126 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 32222 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31891 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33797 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=209500 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20090806 CA20090806-02: Security Notice for Unicenter Asset Portfolio Management, Unicenter Desktop and Server Management, Unicenter Patch Management (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-7977 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2305 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-8113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 20090616 CA20090615-02: CA Service Desk Tomcat Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35474 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2780 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 31381 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• HPSBUX02401 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• HPSBST02955 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0503 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2009-3316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• tomcat-httpservletresponse-xss(44155) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20080801 [CVE-2008-1232] Apache Tomcat XSS vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 32266 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0648 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [22/30] - 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] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [20/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [22/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (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
• [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [25/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-q74x-qqhr-f8rx (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:17 UTC.