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    CVE-2005-4838

    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.

    Published:Jan 3, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Apr 25, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.08075
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Tomcat
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Network Satellite
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Application Server

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    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
    http://secunia.com/advisories/13737
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31493
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1012793
    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
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36467
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%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%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    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
    http://secunia.com/advisories/13737
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31493
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1012793
    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
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36467
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%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%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High