CVE-2008-1232

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 75.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-08-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that is used in the message argument to the HttpServletResponse.sendError method.

Affected products

Apache Tomcat: from 4.1.0 through 4.1.37; from 5.5.0 through 5.5.26; from 6.0.0 through 6.0.16

References

http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/06/15/ca20090615-02-ca-service-desk-tomcat-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability.aspx
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31379
http://secunia.com/advisories/31381
http://secunia.com/advisories/31639
http://secunia.com/advisories/31865
http://secunia.com/advisories/31891
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982

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