6.1

CVE-2022-34305: XSS in examples web application

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-34305DEBIAN-CVE-2022-34305GHSA-6j88-6whg-x687
Published 23-06-2022Last modified 08-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-34305 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability in apache software foundation apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 6.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.1, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.71%
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 1
MGASA-2023-0138

Timeline

  1. 23-06-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M16, 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.22, 9.0.30 to 9.0.64 and 8.5.50 to 8.5.81 the Form authentication example in the examples web application displayed user provided data without filtering, exposing a XSS vulnerability.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

6.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 6.71% 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
  • tomcat≥ 8.5.50, ≤ 8.5.81 | ≥ 9.0.30, ≤ 9.0.64 | ≥ 10.0.0, ≤ 10.0.22 | 10.1.0:milestone1 | 10.1.0:milestone10 | 10.1.0:milestone11 | 10.1.0:milestone12 | 10.1.0:milestone13 | 10.1.0:milestone14 | 10.1.0:milestone15 | 10.1.0:milestone16 | 10.1.0:milestone2 | 10.1.0:milestone3 | 10.1.0:milestone4 | 10.1.0:milestone5 | 10.1.0:milestone6 | 10.1.0:milestone7 | 10.1.0:milestone8 | 10.1.0:milestone9
Apache software foundation1 product
  • apache tomcatApache Tomcat 8.5 8.5.50 to 8.5.81 | Apache Tomcat 9 9.0.30 to 9.0.64 | Apache Tomcat 10.0 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.22 | Apache Tomcat 10.1 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M16
Debian1 product
  • tomcat9< 9.0.65-1
Org.apache.tomcat1 product
  • tomcat≥ 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.0-M17 | ≥ 10.0.0-M1, < 10.0.22 | ≥ 9.0.30, < 9.0.65 | ≥ 8.5.50, < 8.5.82
Ubuntu1 product
  • tomcat9All versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 5 products

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