CVE-2005-4838: apache tomcat
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2005-4838 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 7.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4Timeline
- 25-04-2007PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the example web applications for Jakarta Tomcat 5.5.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) el/functions.jsp, (2) el/implicit-objects.jsp, and (3) jspx/textRotate.jspx in examples/jsp2/, as demonstrated via script in a request to snp/snoop.jsp. NOTE: other XSS issues in the manager were simultaneously reported, but these require admin access and do not cross privilege boundaries.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
7.85%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 7.85% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Apache1 product
- tomcat≤ 5.5.6
1 vendor · 1 product
References
18 links- tomcat.apache.org/security-4.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065598.htmlMailing ListX Refsource FULLDISC
Show all 18 references
- www.oliverkarow.de/research/jakarta556_xss.txtX Refsource MISC
- tomcat.apache.org/security-5.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM