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CVE-2008-4308

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4308 describes a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat versions 4.1.32-4.1.34 and 5.5.10-5.5.20, where an error in the doRead method can lead to POST content from one request being sent to a different, unintended request. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network-based attack with high access complexity and a potential for partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0391 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 4.1.35
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 5.5.21

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-7g59-hm8v-cwmclow

Apache Tomcat information disclosure vulnerability

May 2, 2022
redhatCVE-2008-4308Low

tomcat information disclosure vulnerability

Feb 25, 2009

References

jvndb.jvn.jp / ja/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-000010.html
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN66905322/index.html
secunia.com / advisories/34057
Vendor Advisory
issues.apache.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitVendor Advisory
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
securityfocus.com / archive/1/501250
securityfocus.com / bid/33913
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0541
Patch