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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-4838 · published 31 December 2005

CVE-2005-4838: Apache tomcat cross-site scripting vulnerability

Apache · Tomcat

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the example web applications for Jakarta Tomcat 5.5.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) el/functions.jsp, (2) el/implicit-objects.jsp, and (3) jspx/textRotate.jspx in examples/jsp2/, as demonstrated via script in a request to snp/snoop.jsp. NOTE: other XSS issues in the manager were simultaneously reported, but these require admin access and do not cross privilege boundaries.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 7.9% · top 5.5% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
7.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
36References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the example web applications for Jakarta Tomcat 5.5.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) el/functions.jsp, (2) el/implicit-objects.jsp, and (3) jspx/textRotate.jspx in examples/jsp2/, as demonstrated via script in a request to snp/snoop.jsp. NOTE: other XSS issues in the manager were simultaneously reported, but these require admin access and do not cross privilege boundaries.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065598.html
http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-dev&m=110476790331536&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-dev&m=110477195116951&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/13737 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31493
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012793
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/jakarta556_xss.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/12721
http://www.osvdb.org/34878
http://www.osvdb.org/34879
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36467
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.or
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065598.html
http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-dev&m=110476790331536&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-dev&m=110477195116951&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/13737 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31493
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012793
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/jakarta556_xss.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/12721
http://www.osvdb.org/34878
http://www.osvdb.org/34879
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36467
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.or

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-4838), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.