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CVE-2005-4838

tomcat manager example DoS

Severity Score

6.1
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2005-12-31 CVE Published
  • 2007-04-25 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-08-08 CVE Updated
  • 2025-04-01 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC
References (20)
URL Tag Source
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065598.html Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-dev&m=110476790331536&w=2 Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-dev&m=110477195116951&w=2 Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/31493 Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012793 Vdb Entry
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html X_refsource_confirm
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html X_refsource_confirm
http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/jakarta556_xss.txt X_refsource_misc
http://www.osvdb.org/12721 Vdb Entry
http://www.osvdb.org/34878 Vdb Entry
http://www.osvdb.org/34879 Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36467 Vdb Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/13737 2023-11-07
URL Date SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html 2023-11-07
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html 2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-4838 2008-08-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=238401 2008-08-13
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Apache
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 Tomcat
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 <= 5.5.6
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Affected