CVE-2005-4838
Jakarta Tomcat <5.5.6 - XSS
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (18)
Scores
EPSS
0.0808
EPSS Percentile
92.0%
Classification
CWE
CWE-79
Status
draft
Affected Products (1)
apache/tomcat
< 5.5.6
Timeline
Published
Dec 31, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026