CVE-2007-2449

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in certain JSP files in the examples web application in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6, 4.1.0 through 4.1.36, 5.0.0 through 5.0.30, 5.5.0 through 5.5.24, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.13 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the portion of the URI after the ';' character, as demonstrated by a URI containing a "snp/snoop.jsp;" sequence.

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 89.19% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00525.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24476 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31493 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471351/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2804 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0569.html vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34869 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018245 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/33668 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29392 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.html vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3386 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30802 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27037 third party advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27727 third party advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/36080 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10578 signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26076 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2213 vdb entry
http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:241 vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-2449?
CVE-2007-2449 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-2449?
To fix CVE-2007-2449, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-2449 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-2449 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~89% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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