CVE-2008-1947

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 49.11% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492958/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/30500 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34013 third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-user&m=121244319501278&w=2 mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6009 vdb entry signature
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42816 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460 third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0002.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32120 third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1725 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30592 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33999 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11534 vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29502 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31865 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31639 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30967 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:188 vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31891 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33797 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020624 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html vendor advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2 vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2 vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0503 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1593 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32266 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%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/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1947?
CVE-2008-1947 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1947?
To fix CVE-2008-1947, 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-2008-1947 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1947 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~49% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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