4.3

CVE-2008-1947: apache tomcat

Modified
AliasesDSA-1593-1GHSA-f98p-9pp6-7q6c
Published 04-06-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1947 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 9.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
9.78%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4
RHSA-2008:0648RHSA-2008:0862RHSA-2008:0864RHSA-2008:1007

Timeline

  1. 04-06-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

9.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 9.78% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Apache1 product
  • tomcatEOL5.5.9 | 5.5.10 | 5.5.11 | 5.5.12 | 5.5.13 | 5.5.14 | 5.5.15 | 5.5.16 | 5.5.17 | 5.5.18 | 5.5.19 | 5.5.20 | 5.5.21 | 5.5.22 | 5.5.23 | 5.5.24 | 5.5.25 | 5.5.26 | 6.0.0 | 6.0.1 | 6.0.2 | 6.0.3 | 6.0.4 | 6.0.5 | 6.0.6 | 6.0.7 | 6.0.8 | 6.0.9 | 6.0.10 | 6.0.11 | 6.0.12 | 6.0.13 | 6.0.14 | 6.0.15 | 6.0.16
Debian1 product
  • tomcat5.5< 5.5.20-2etch3
Org.apache.tomcat1 product
  • tomcat≥ 5.5.9, < 5.5.27 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.0.18
Org.apache.tomcat.embed1 product
  • tomcat-embed-core≥ 5.5.9, < 5.5.27 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.0.18

4 vendors · 4 products

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