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    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 crafted string that is used in the message argument to the HttpServletResponse.sendError method.

    Published:Aug 1, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Aug 4, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.38145
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Tomcat
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Certificate System
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Application Platform
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Network Satellite
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Application Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Developer Suite

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30496http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30496https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32138

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2026-68569 (CVSS 8.1) — Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apache Tomcat meant that in some circumstances (e.g. CLIENT-CERT, SPN…
    CVE-2026-68525 (CVSS 9.1) — Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's FORM authentication process allows the bypassing of a…
    CVE-2026-66422 (CVSS 8.1) — Improper Authorization vulnerability in Apache Tomcat cause by security-role-ref definitions being incorrectly…
    CVE-2026-65927 (CVSS 7.5) — Off-by-one Error vulnerability in Apache Tomcat impacting the [N] flag on the rewrite valves causes rewrite pr…
    CVE-2026-65905 (CVSS 9.8) — Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay vulnerability in Apache Tomcat's DIGEST authenticator. If, before wind…
    CVE-2026-65637 (CVSS 9.8) — Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat due to incomplete fix for CVE-2026-32990. This iss…
    CVE-2026-65183 (CVSS 8.1) — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability in Apache Tomcat when creating unix domain soc…
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    References

    http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/06/15/ca20090615-02-ca-service-desk-tomcat-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability.aspx
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31379
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31381
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31639
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31865
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31891
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32120
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32266
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33797
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33999
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34013
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35474
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36108
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
    http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4098
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:188
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495021/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504351/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505556/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30496
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020622
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0002.html
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2305
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0503
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1609
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2194
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44155
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%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/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11181
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5985
    https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=209500
    https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=214095
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html
    http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/06/15/ca20090615-02-ca-service-desk-tomcat-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability.aspx
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31379
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31381
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31639
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31865
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31891
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32120
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32266
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33797
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33999
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34013
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35474
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36108
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
    http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4098
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:188
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495021/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504351/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505556/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30496
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020622
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0002.html
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2305
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0503
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1609
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2194
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44155
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%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/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11181
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5985
    https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=209500
    https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=214095
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html

    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