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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2007-1355 json

Apache Tomcat Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting

published 2007-05-21 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-4c6x-gfc8-c26r , EUVD-2007-1352

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
58.2%
EPSS 58.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the appdev/sample/web/hello.jsp example application in 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 5.5.23, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.10 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the test parameter and unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.tomcat:jsp-api 4.1.37, 5.5.24, 6.0.11
  • maven org.apache.tomcat:servlet-api 4.1.37, 5.5.24, 6.0.11
  • 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-2008:0261

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-2007-1355 updated

tomcat XSS in samples

  • 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-30052)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

58.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-30052 Apache Tomcat 6.0.10 - Documentation Sample Application Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities remote, 2007-05-19
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24058 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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:jsp-api
>=4.1.0, <4.1.37
>=5.5.0, <5.5.24
>=6.0.0, <6.0.11
>=5.0.0, <=5.0.30
>=4.0.0, <=4.0.6
4.1.37
5.5.24
6.0.11
maven org.apache.tomcat:servlet-api
>=4.1.0, <4.1.37
>=5.5.0, <5.5.24
>=6.0.0, <6.0.11
>=5.0.0, <=5.0.30
>=4.0.0, <=4.0.6
4.1.37
5.5.24
6.0.11

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.