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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2008-1947 json

Apache Tomcat Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2008-06-04 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-f98p-9pp6-7q6c , EUVD-2022-3733

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.8%
EPSS 9.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.9 through 5.5.26 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter (aka the hostname attribute) to host-manager/html/add.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 5.5.27, 6.0.18
  • maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core 5.5.27, 6.0.18
  • tomcat5 network satellite 5.1, network satellite 5.0 5.0.30-0jpp_12rh
  • tomcat5 RHEL 3 DEVELOPER_SUITE 5.5.23-0jpp_12rh
  • tomcat5-jasper RHEL 3 DEVELOPER_SUITE 5.5.23-0jpp_12rh
  • tomcat5-common-lib RHEL 3 DEVELOPER_SUITE 5.5.23-0jpp_12rh
  • tomcat5-server-lib RHEL 3 DEVELOPER_SUITE 5.5.23-0jpp_12rh
  • tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api RHEL 3 DEVELOPER_SUITE 5.5.23-0jpp_12rh
  • tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api RHEL 3 DEVELOPER_SUITE 5.5.23-0jpp_12rh
  • tomcat5 RHEL 2 APPLICATION_SERVER 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:1007RHSA-2008:0864RHSA-2008:0862RHSA-2008:0648

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-2008-1947 updated

Tomcat host manager xss - name field

  • Red Hat Application Server v2 4AS tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, +5 more Red Hat Application Server v2 4ES tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, +5 more Red Hat Application Server v2 4WS tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0862
  • Red Hat Developer Suite v.3 (AS v.4) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_12rh, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_12rh, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_12rh, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_12rh, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_12rh, tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api 5.5.23-0jpp_12rh
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0864
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0648
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.0 (RHEL v.4 AS) tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_12rh Red Hat Satellite 5.1 (RHEL v.4 AS) tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_12rh
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:1007

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Exploit prediction

9.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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
>=5.5.9, <5.5.27
>=6.0.0, <6.0.18
5.5.27
6.0.18
maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
>=5.5.9, <5.5.27
>=6.0.0, <6.0.18
5.5.27
6.0.18

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.