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Apache Tomcat SendMailServlet example vulnerable to cross-site scripting via FROM field

2007-07-2200:00:00
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4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

0.818 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.3%

Overview

The example SendMailServlet page that comes with Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via the “From” field.

Description

Apache Tomcat is an implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Page (JSP) technologies. Apache Tomcat includes a sample page called SendMailServlet, which is provided by sendmail.jsp. This page fails to properly validate input to the “From” field, which creates a cross-site scripting vulnerability. According to the vendor, the following versions of Apache Tomcat are affected

4.0.0 to 4.0.6
4.1.0 to 4.1.36

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary script within the security context of the web site running Apache Tomcat. More information about cross-site scripting is available in CERT Advisory CA-2000-02.


Solution

Remove the examples web application
This vulnerability can be addressed by removing the “examples” web application.


Vendor Information

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Notified: July 02, 2007 Updated: July 22, 2007

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Please remove the examples web application.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23862600 Feedback>).

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tomasz Kuczynski for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Will Dormann.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2007-3383
Severity Metric: 3.83 Date Public:

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

0.818 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.3%

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