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vendor:
Jakarta Tomcat
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Cross Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: Jakarta Tomcat
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: Yes
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Microsoft Windows, Linux, and other Unix based operating systems
2002

Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability in Jakarta Tomcat

A cross site scripting vulnerability has been reported in some versions of Tomcat. Reportedly, if a HTTP request is made for a JSP, malicious script code embedded in the URI may be included in a page generated by Tomcat.

Mitigation:

Ensure that user input is properly sanitized and validated before being used in a web page.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5542/info

Jakarta Tomcat is a Java Servlet and JSP server produced by the Apache Software Foundation. Tomcat is available for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and other Unix based operating systems.

A cross site scripting vulnerability has been reported in some versions of Tomcat. Reportedly, if a HTTP request is made for a JSP, malicious script code embedded in the URI may be included in a page generated by Tomcat.

This may be related to the issues discussed in BID 2982. This has not, however, been confirmed.

http://example.com:8080/666%0a%0a<script>alert("asdf");</script>666.jsp