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medium 4.3

CVE-2007-3386 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Host Manager Servlet for Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.13 and 5.5.0 to 5.5.24 allows remote at…

published 2007-08-14 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-3372

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
59.0%
EPSS 59.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Host Manager Servlet for Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.13 and 5.5.0 to 5.5.24 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via crafted requests, as demonstrated using the aliases parameter to an html/add action.

Patch / fix

  • tomcat5 RHEL 2 APPLICATION_SERVER 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4
  • tomcat5-jasper RHEL 2 APPLICATION_SERVER 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4
  • tomcat5-webapps RHEL 2 APPLICATION_SERVER 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4
  • tomcat5-common-lib RHEL 2 APPLICATION_SERVER 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4
  • tomcat5-server-lib RHEL 2 APPLICATION_SERVER 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4
  • tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api RHEL 2 APPLICATION_SERVER 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4
  • tomcat5-admin-webapps RHEL 2 APPLICATION_SERVER 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4
  • tomcat5-jasper-javadoc RHEL 2 APPLICATION_SERVER 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0876RHSA-2007:0871

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-2007-3386 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.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0871

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-30495)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

58.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-30495 Apache Tomcat 6.0.13 - Host Manager Servlet Cross-Site Scripting remote, 2007-08-14

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.