Unscored severity · published Jun 4, 2008
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…
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CVSS
9.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 hostname attribute) to host-manager/html/add.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)9.8% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TO
Tomcat · Apache
5.5.9; 5.5.10; 5.5.11; 5.5.12; 5.5.13; 5.5.14; +29 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1947
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1947
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-user&m=121244319501278&w=2
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