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Vulnerability details: VCID-afg3-t31c-ffgp
Vulnerability ID VCID-afg3-t31c-ffgp
Aliases CVE-2002-1567
GHSA-86fp-jgwm-wgj5
Summary Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script and steal cookies via a URL with encoded newlines followed by a request to a .jsp file whose name contains the script.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.41657 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-1567
epss 0.41657 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-1567
epss 0.41657 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-1567
epss 0.41657 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-1567
epss 0.41657 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-1567
epss 0.41657 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-1567
epss 0.41657 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-1567
epss 0.41657 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-1567
epss 0.41657 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-1567
apache_tomcat Moderate https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-1567
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-86fp-jgwm-wgj5
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@<dev.tomcat.apache.org>
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@<dev.tomcat.apache.org>
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@<dev.tomcat.apache.org>
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1567
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20041213160616/http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2002-q3/0482.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-1567
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@<dev.tomcat.apache.org>
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@<dev.tomcat.apache.org>
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@<dev.tomcat.apache.org>
https://web.archive.org/web/20041213160616/http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2002-q3/0482.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
CVE-2002-1567 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-1567
CVE-2002-1567 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1567
CVE-2002-1567;OSVDB-9208 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/unix/remote/21734.txt
CVE-2002-1567;OSVDB-9208 Exploit https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5542/info
GHSA-86fp-jgwm-wgj5 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-86fp-jgwm-wgj5
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Aug. 21, 2002
Description Apache Tomcat 4.1 - JSP Request Cross-Site Scripting
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Aug. 21, 2002
Exploit type remote
Platform unix
Source update date Oct. 4, 2012
Source URL https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5542/info
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.97391
EPSS Score 0.41657
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:38:20.407077+00:00 Apache Tomcat Importer Import https://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html 38.0.0