CVE-2005-4838

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4838 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities found in example web applications within Apache Tomcat versions 5.5.6 and earlier. Attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML through specific JSP files, such as el/functions.jsp and jspx/textRotate.jspx. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, but does not require authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 5.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

CvssVersion

2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

7.85%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

94.1%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0785 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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 (36)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: jabberd-0:2.0s10-3.38.rhn

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: jfreechart-0:0.9.20-3.rhn

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: openmotif21-0:2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: perl-Crypt-CBC-0:2.24-1.el4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-apache-0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-modjk-0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-modperl-0:1.29-16.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-modssl-0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: jabberd-0:2.0s10-3.37.rhn

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: jfreechart-0:0.9.20-3.rhn

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: openmotif21-0:2.1.30-9.RHEL3.8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: perl-Crypt-CBC-0:2.24-1.el3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-apache-0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-modjk-0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-modperl-0:1.29-16.rhel3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-modssl-0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: jabberd-0:2.0s10-3.38.rhn

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: jfreechart-0:0.9.20-3.rhn

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: openmotif21-0:2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: perl-Crypt-CBC-0:2.24-1.el4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: rhn-apache-0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: rhn-modjk-0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: rhn-modperl-0:1.29-16.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: rhn-modssl-0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1Fixed in: jfreechart-0:0.9.20-3.rhn

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1Fixed in: mod_perl-0:2.0.2-12.el4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1Fixed in: perl-Crypt-CBC-0:2.24-1.el4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1Fixed in: rhn-web-0:5.1.1-7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHAPS Version 1 for RHEL 3Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_5rh

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-4838Low

tomcat manager example DoS

References

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065598.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html

secunia.com / advisories/13737

PatchVendor Advisory

secunia.com / advisories/31493

securitytracker.com / id

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/36467

lists.apache.org / thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

tomcat.apache.org / security-4.html

tomcat.apache.org / security-5.html

oliverkarow.de / research/jakarta556_xss.txt

osvdb.org / 12721

osvdb.org / 34878

osvdb.org / 34879

redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html