CVE-2008-1947
tomcat5.5
EPSS 9.8%
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`.
How to fix CVE-2008-1947
To remediate CVE-2008-1947, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/tomcat5.5—upgrade to 5.5.20-2etch3 or later
- Maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core—upgrade to 5.5.27 or later
- Maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat—upgrade to 5.5.27 or later
Is CVE-2008-1947 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 9.8%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 5.5.20-2etch3
- >= 5.5.9, < 5.5.27
- >= 5.5.9, < 5.5.27
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N |