CVE-2008-1947 Apache Tomcat Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

What is CVE-2008-1947?

CVE-2008-1947 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, published on 4 Jun 2008. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1947?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core and org.apache.tomcat:tomcat. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Tomcat.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1947?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to a fixed version for your release line: 5.5.27 or 6.0.18.

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-2008-1947 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1947 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 DSA-1593-1, GHSA-f98p-9pp6-7q6c.