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CVE-2008-1232 Apache Tomcat

Affected softwareApache Tomcat
Severity4.3 Medium CVSS 2.0
Fixed in4.1.38, 5.5.27, 6.0.17
WeaknessCross-site scripting (CWE-79)
Published4 Aug 2008
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that is used in the message argument to the HttpServletResponse.sendError method.

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2008-08-01.
  • EPSS 76% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs.
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Apache Tomcat 6.0.16 - 'HttpServletResponse.sendError()' Cross-Site Scripting 2008-08-01

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read
Finding This CVE affects an open-source Java library published on Maven Central (Maven packages: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat), so it is squarely in ARMR's territory and the source needed to understand the defect is public. That makes it a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the diff between the affected and fixed versions has not been read, and a closer look may find no hook point ARMR can act on.

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 4.1.0 4.1.38 unbounded
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 5.5.0 5.5.27 unbounded
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 6.0.0 6.0.17 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 6 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd apache tomcat generic ≥ 4.1.0 and ≤ 4.1.37 · ≥ 5.5.0 and ≤ 5.5.26 · ≥ 6.0.0 and ≤ 6.0.16
osv org.apache.tomcat tomcat generic ≥ 4.1.0 and < 4.1.38 · ≥ 5.5.0 and < 5.5.27 · ≥ 6.0.0 and < 6.0.17

References

URLTags
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html WEB
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html WEB
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html WEB
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=214095 WEB
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=209500 WEB
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5985 WEB
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11181 WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB

Timeline

Published2008-08-04By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.