XSS in Tomcat cookies example

2007.08.08
Risk: Low
Local: No
Remote: Yes
CWE: CWE-79


CVSS Base Score: 4.3/10
Impact Subscore: 2.9/10
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6/10
Exploit range: Remote
Attack complexity: Medium
Authentication: No required
Confidentiality impact: None
Integrity impact: Partial
Availability impact: None

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 CVE-2007-3384: XSS in Tomcat cookies example Severity: Low (Cross-site scripting) Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation Versions Affected: 3.3 to 3.3.2 Description: When reporting error messages, Tomcat does not filter user supplied data before display. This enables an XSS attack. Mitigation: Remove examples web application. Apply patch available from http://tomcat.apache.org/download-33.cgi Credit: This issue was discovered by Tomasz Kuczynski, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, who worked with the CERT/CC to report the vulnerability. Example: http://localhost:8080/examples/servlet/CookieExample populate Name or Value field with: <script>alert('XSS reflected');</script> and submit. References: http://tomcat.apache.org/security.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGsU0Vb7IeiTPGAkMRAoiwAJ4iETiZnDPLKM0v69YZ/FaIhGS8GwCgt+ux FB0O3FigwHs+A8pP98+gRiA= =VePF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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