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CVE-2003-0044

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0044 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities present in the example and ROOT web applications within Jakarta Tomcat versions 3.x through 3.3.1a. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 6.8, allows remote unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, potentially leading to information disclosure, session hijacking, or defacement. While the EPSS score is low and there is no evidence of active exploitation or readily available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), its FAUCET Risk Score of 90/100 indicates a significant potential impact if exploited. Community discussion and media coverage for this older vulnerability are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0913 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 3.3.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-5hgm-qm5m-5vmwmedium

Jakarta Tomcat cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Apr 29, 2022

References

jakarta.apache.org / builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a
Vendor Advisory
jakarta.apache.org / builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/RELEASE-NOTES-3.3.1a.txt
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/7972
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/11196
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/n-060.shtml
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-246
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 9203
osvdb.org / 9204
securityfocus.com / advisories/5111
securityfocus.com / bid/6720