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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2005-4838 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the example web applications for Jakarta Tomcat 5.5.6 and earlier allow remote attac…

published 2005-12-31 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-4830

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.9%
EPSS 7.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the example web applications for Jakarta Tomcat 5.5.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) el/functions.jsp, (2) el/implicit-objects.jsp, and (3) jspx/textRotate.jspx in examples/jsp2/, as demonstrated via script in a request to snp/snoop.jsp. NOTE: other XSS issues in the manager were simultaneously reported, but these require admin access and do not cross privilege boundaries.

Patch / fix

  • tomcat5 network satellite 5.1, network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh
  • mod_perl network satellite 5.1 2.0.2-12.el4
  • rhn-html network satellite 5.1 5.1.1-7
  • jfreechart network satellite 5.1, network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 0.9.20-3.rhn
  • perl-Crypt-CBC network satellite 5.1, network satellite 5.0 2.24-1.el4
  • jabberd network satellite 4.2 2.0s10-3.37.rhn
  • jabberd network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 2.0s10-3.38.rhn
  • rhn-apache network satellite 4.2 1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel3

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0630RHSA-2008:0524RHSA-2008:0261RHSA-2007:0340

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-4838 updated

tomcat manager example DoS

  • Red Hat Application Server 3AS tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh, tomcat5-webapps 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh, tomcat5-admin-webapps 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh Red Hat Application Server 3ES tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh, tomcat5-webapps 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh, tomcat5-admin-webapps 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh Red Hat Application Server 3WS tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh, tomcat5-webapps 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh, tomcat5-admin-webapps 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0340
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.0 (RHEL v.4 AS) jabberd 2.0s10-3.38.rhn, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el4, rhn-modperl 1.29-16.rhel4, openmotif21 2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0261
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.1 (RHEL v.4 AS) rhn-html 5.1.1-7, mod_perl 2.0.2-12.el4, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0630
  • Red Hat Satellite v 4.2 (RHEL v.3 AS) jabberd 2.0s10-3.37.rhn, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el3, rhn-modperl 1.29-16.rhel3, openmotif21 2.1.30-9.RHEL3.8, +4 more Red Hat Satellite v 4.2 (RHEL v.4 AS) jabberd 2.0s10-3.38.rhn, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el4, rhn-modperl 1.29-16.rhel4, openmotif21 2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0524

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Exploit prediction

7.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.