CVE-2007-2450 Apache Tomcat vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

What is CVE-2007-2450?

CVE-2007-2450 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, published on 14 Jun 2007. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the (1) Manager and (2) Host Manager web applications in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6, 4.1.0 through 4.1.36, 5.0.0 through 5.0.30, 5.5.0 through 5.5.24, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.13 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a parameter name to manager/html/upload, and other unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2450?

10 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.tomcat:tomcat. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Tomcat.

How do I fix CVE-2007-2450?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat to a fixed version for your release line: 4.1.37, 5.5.25 or 6.0.14.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2007-2450 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2450 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5c5p-jxvx-x7j2.