CVE-2006-7196: apache tomcat
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-7196 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 72.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
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
- 09-05-2007PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the calendar application example in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6, 4.1.0 through 4.1.31, 5.0.0 through 5.0.30, and 5.5.0 through 5.5.15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the time parameter to cal2.jsp and possibly unspecified other vectors. NOTE: this may be related to CVE-2006-0254.1.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
72.17%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
99%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 72.17% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundApache Tomcat 5.5.15 - cal2.jsp Cross-Site Scripting
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Apache1 product
- tomcatEOL≤ 4.1.31 | 4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 5.0.0 | 5.0.1 | 5.0.2 | 5.0.3 | 5.0.4 | 5.0.5 | 5.0.6 | 5.0.7 | 5.0.8 | 5.0.9 | 5.0.10 | 5.0.11 | 5.0.12 | 5.0.13 | 5.0.14 | 5.0.15 | 5.0.16 | 5.0.17 | 5.0.18 | 5.0.19 | 5.0.21 | 5.0.22 | 5.0.23 | 5.0.24 | 5.0.25 | 5.0.26 | 5.0.27 | 5.0.28 | 5.0.29 | 5.0.30 | 5.5.0 | 5.5.1 | 5.5.2 | 5.5.3 | 5.5.4 | 5.5.5 | 5.5.6 | 5.5.7 | 5.5.8 | 5.5.9 | 5.5.10 | 5.5.11 | 5.5.12 | 5.5.13 | 5.5.14 | 5.5.15
Org.apache.tomcat1 product
- tomcat≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.7 | ≥ 4.1.0, < 4.1.32 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.31 | ≥ 5.5.0, < 5.5.16
2 vendors · 2 products
References
31 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEWEB
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- github.com/apache/tomcatPACKAGE