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CVE-2008-1947

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1947 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat versions 5.5.9 through 5.5.26 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by manipulating the 'name' parameter (hostname attribute) when accessing host-manager/html/add. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity and resulting in a partial impact to integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.5.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
9.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0978 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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 (9)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 5.5.27
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 6.0.18
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreFixed in: 5.5.27
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreFixed in: 6.0.18
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Developer Suite V.3Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp_12rh
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_12rh
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_12rh
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHAPS Version 2 for RHEL 4Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-f98p-9pp6-7q6cmedium

Apache Tomcat Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

May 1, 2022
redhatCVE-2008-1947Low

Tomcat host manager xss - name field

Jun 2, 2008

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
marc.info
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secunia.com / advisories/30500
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secunia.com / advisories/30592
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secunia.com / advisories/30967
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secunia.com / advisories/31865
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secunia.com / advisories/32222
secunia.com / advisories/32266
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redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html
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tomcat.apache.org / security-6.html
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1593
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html
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securitytracker.com / id
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0002.html
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vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1725
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2780
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2823
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0320
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0503
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3316