01 Record
CVE-2008-1232
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 75.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-08-04 01:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-03-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2dba9ee6b05380cab8d597d1cf301e35a7b0d66a9c6a10246fe131a5015a5edf
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
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- tomcat.apache.orghttp://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
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- community.ca.comhttp://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/06/15/ca20090615-02-ca-service-desk-tomcat-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability.aspx
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- secunia.com37460http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0002.html
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- support.ca.comhttps://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=214095
- secunia.com31639http://secunia.com/advisories/31639
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:018http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
- secunia.com36108http://secunia.com/advisories/36108
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- secunia.com31379http://secunia.com/advisories/31379
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-0320http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320
- www.securityfocus.com20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party componentshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0864http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:004http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- tomcat.apache.orghttp://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- secunia.com57126http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
- secunia.com32222http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
- secunia.com31891http://secunia.com/advisories/31891
- secunia.com33797http://secunia.com/advisories/33797
- support.ca.comhttps://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=209500
- www.securityfocus.com20090806 CA20090806-02: Security Notice for Unicenter Asset Portfolio Management, Unicenter Desktop and Server Management, Unicenter Patch Managementhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505556/100/0/threaded
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-7977https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2305http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2305
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8113https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html
- www.securityfocus.com20090616 CA20090615-02: CA Service Desk Tomcat Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504351/100/0/threaded
- tomcat.apache.orghttp://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- secunia.com35474http://secunia.com/advisories/35474
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2780http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
- secunia.com31381http://secunia.com/advisories/31381
- marc.infoHPSBUX02401http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2
- marc.infoHPSBST02955http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-10-09http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-0503http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0503
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3316http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtomcat-httpservletresponse-xss(44155)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44155
- www.securityfocus.com20080801 [CVE-2008-1232] Apache Tomcat XSS vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495021/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com32266http://secunia.com/advisories/32266
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0648http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [21/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [22/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [25/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E