Apache Tomcat 5.5.x < 5.5.32 Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5787

Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability

Description

Versions of Tomcat 5.x earlier than 5.5.32 are potentially affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the HTML Manager interface displays web application provided data, such as display names, without filtering.

Solution

Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 5.5.32 or later.

See Also

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5787

Family: Web Servers

Published: 2011/02/11

Updated: 2019/03/06

Dependencies: 3057

Nessus ID: 51957

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:tomcat

Patch Publication Date: 2011/02/01

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2011/02/05

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0013

BID: 46174