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.
CVE-2008-1947
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 95.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 4, 2008
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (104)
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=tomcat-user&m=121244319501278&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/30500
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/30592
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/30967
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/31639
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/31865
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/31891
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32120
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32222
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32266
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_12rh | 2008-12-08 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp_12rh | 2008-10-02 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9 | 2008-10-02 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1 | 2008-08-27 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
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Maven(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | — | 6.0.18 | — |
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | — | 6.0.18 | — |
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