CVE-2008-1947
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 9.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 9.8% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-3733)
- Published
- June 4, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-3733 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-user&m=121244319501278&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30500(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30592(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30967
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31639
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31865
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31891
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32120
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32266
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33797
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33999
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34013
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1593
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:188
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492958/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29502
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020624
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0002.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1725
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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