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medium 4.3

CVE-2007-2449 json

Apache Tomcat XSS Vulnerabilities in Examples Web Application

published 2007-06-14 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-hc39-rjwp-qffq , EUVD-2022-4122

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
77.4%
EPSS 77.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in certain JSP files in the examples web application in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6, 4.1.0 through 4.1.36, 5.0.0 through 5.0.30, 5.5.0 through 5.5.24, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.13 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the portion of the URI after the ';' character, as demonstrated by a URI containing a "snp/snoop.jsp;" sequence.

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-2007:0876RHSA-2007:0569

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-2007-2449 updated

tomcat examples jsp XSS

  • Red Hat Application Server v2 4AS tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, +5 more Red Hat Application Server v2 4ES tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, +5 more Red Hat Application Server v2 4WS tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0876
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.1.0.4.el5, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0569
  • 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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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-30189)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

77.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-30189 Apache Tomcat 6.0.13 - JSP Example Web Applications Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2007-06-14
  • Nuclei template Apache Tomcat 4.x-7.x - Cross-Site Scripting nuclei detection template

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, <=4.0.6
>=5.0.0, <=5.0.30
>=5.5.0, <=5.5.24
>=6.0.0, <=6.0.13
 no fix listed

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.