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    GHSA-f98p-9pp6-7q6c

    Published: 1 May 2022Last Modified: 9 Apr 2025
    Aliases:
    CVE-2008-1947

    Summary: Apache Tomcat Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

    Details: 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 hostname attribute) to `host-manager/html/add`.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1947, https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/ab6a6c41ac972c845717c9d639f0335865afab4d, https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/78ad0fcbe29c824f1f2e45a4e2716247b033250a, https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/49c71fc59c1b8f8da77aea9eb53e61db168aebab, https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/5f00d434c8dc11bd49ce0b4b56fe889839056030, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11534, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6009, https://web.archive.org/web/20200514224656/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded, https://web.archive.org/web/20201208011750/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492958/100/0/threaded, 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, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://github.com/apache/tomcat, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42816, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446393, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1947, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1007, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0864, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0862, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0648, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.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://marc.info/?l=tomcat-user&m=121244319501278&w=2, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm, http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html, http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1593, 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.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0002.html, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 5.5.9
    Fixed -5.5.27

    Affected versions

    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
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