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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2006-7196 json

Cross-site scripting in Apache Tomcat

published 2007-05-09 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-pm78-wxxf-fw98 , EUVD-2022-4794

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
72.2%
EPSS 72.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the calendar application example in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6, 4.1.0 through 4.1.31, 5.0.0 through 5.0.30, and 5.5.0 through 5.5.15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the time parameter to cal2.jsp and possibly unspecified other vectors. NOTE: this may be related to CVE-2006-0254.1.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 4.0.7, 4.1.32, 5.0.31, 5.5.16
  • jabberd network satellite 4.2 2.0s10-3.37.rhn
  • jabberd network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 2.0s10-3.38.rhn
  • tomcat5 network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh
  • jfreechart network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 0.9.20-3.rhn
  • rhn-apache network satellite 4.2 1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel3
  • rhn-apache network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel4
  • rhn-modssl network satellite 4.2 2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel3
  • rhn-modssl network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel4

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0524RHSA-2008:0261RHSA-2007:0340RHSA-2007:0326

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-2006-7196 updated

tomcat XSS in example webapps

  • 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 Application Server v2 4AS tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3, jakarta-commons-modeler 2.0-3jpp_2rh, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3, +7 more Red Hat Application Server v2 4ES tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3, jakarta-commons-modeler 2.0-3jpp_2rh, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3, +7 more Red Hat Application Server v2 4WS tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3, jakarta-commons-modeler 2.0-3jpp_2rh, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0326
  • 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 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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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-30563)

Exploit prediction

72.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-30563 Apache Tomcat 5.5.15 - cal2.jsp Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2007-09-04

CVSS scores

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

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
>=4.0.0, <4.0.7
>=4.1.0, <4.1.32
>=5.0.0, <5.0.31
>=5.5.0, <5.5.16
4.0.7
4.1.32
5.0.31
5.5.16

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.