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Vulnerability details: VCID-3cn3-wbw7-aaaf
Vulnerability ID VCID-3cn3-wbw7-aaaf
Aliases CVE-2005-4838
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0340
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0261
rhas Low https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0524
rhas Low https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0630
epss 0.01177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.01177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.01177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.01177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.01177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.01177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.01177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.01177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.01177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.01177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.01177 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.03083 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.03083 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.03083 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.03083 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.11973 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.14894 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.14894 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
epss 0.17722 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=238401
apache_tomcat Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4838
generic_textual MODERATE http://secunia.com/advisories/31493
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4838
cvssv3.1 4.2 http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
cvssv3.1 4.2 http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
generic_textual LOW http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065598.html
http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-dev&m=110476790331536&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-dev&m=110477195116951&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2005-4838.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-4838
http://secunia.com/advisories/13737
http://secunia.com/advisories/31493
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012793
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36467
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/jakarta556_xss.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/12721
http://www.osvdb.org/34878
http://www.osvdb.org/34879
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html
238401 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=238401
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2005-4838 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4838
CVE-2005-4838 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4838
RHSA-2007:0340 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0340
RHSA-2008:0261 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0261
RHSA-2008:0524 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0524
RHSA-2008:0630 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0630
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4838
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.85492
EPSS Score 0.01177
Published At Nov. 1, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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