01 Record
CVE-2008-1947
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.9 through 5.5.26 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter (aka the
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.9 through 5.5.26 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter (aka the
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
- 9.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.1% 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
- 2008-06-04 19:17Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-24
- 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
- 26c1d0d93d44218df42c7cf199b64c60f0a89c2bec488fe1d863973ed1221583
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20080602 [SECURITY] CVE-2008-1947: Tomcat host-manager XSS vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492958/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com30500http://secunia.com/advisories/30500
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0862http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html
- secunia.com34013http://secunia.com/advisories/34013
- marc.info[tomcat-user] 20080602 [SECURITY] CVE-2008-1947: Tomcat host-manager XSS vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=tomcat-user&m=121244319501278&w=2
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6009https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6009
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2823http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comapache-tomcat-hostmanager-xss(42816)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42816
- secunia.com37460http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0002.html
- www.securityfocus.com31681http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
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- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
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- secunia.com30592http://secunia.com/advisories/30592
- secunia.com33999http://secunia.com/advisories/33999
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11534https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11534
- www.securityfocus.com29502http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29502
- secunia.com31865http://secunia.com/advisories/31865
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8130https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html
- secunia.com31639http://secunia.com/advisories/31639
- secunia.com30967http://secunia.com/advisories/30967
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:188http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:188
- 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
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- secunia.com32222http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
- secunia.com31891http://secunia.com/advisories/31891
- secunia.com33797http://secunia.com/advisories/33797
- www.securitytracker.com1020624http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020624
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:014http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-7977https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8113https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html
- tomcat.apache.orghttp://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2780http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
- 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
- www.debian.orgDSA-1593http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1593
- 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 [22/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [20/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [22/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- 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