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Fencer Vulns
low 3.5

CVE-2007-2450 json

Apache Tomcat vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

published 2007-06-14 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-5c5p-jxvx-x7j2 , EUVD-2022-2558

cvss
3.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.3%
EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the (1) Manager and (2) Host Manager web applications 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 authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a parameter name to manager/html/upload, and other unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 4.1.37, 5.5.25, 6.0.14
  • 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-2007:0876RHSA-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-2007-2450 updated

tomcat host manager 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 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

3.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
>=4.0.0, <=4.0.6
>=4.1.0, <4.1.37
>=5.0.0, <=5.0.30
>=5.5.0, <5.5.25
>=6.0.0, <6.0.14
4.1.37
5.5.25
6.0.14

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.