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CVE-2007-2449: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

May 1, 2022 (updated September 22, 2023)

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in certain JSP files in the examples web application in Apache 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 5.5.24, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.13 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the portion of the URI after the ‘;’ character, as demonstrated by a URI containing a “snp/snoop.jsp;” sequence.

References

  • lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html
  • lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.html
  • lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
  • rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html
  • support.apple.com/kb/HT2163
  • support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540
  • tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
  • tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
  • tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
  • www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0569.html
  • www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34869
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-hc39-rjwp-qffq
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2449
  • www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00525.html

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 4.0.0 up to 4.0.6, all versions starting from 5.0.0 up to 5.0.30, all versions starting from 5.5.0 up to 5.5.24, all versions starting from 6.0.0 up to 6.0.13

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 4.3 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat/CVE-2007-2449.yml

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