Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2022-34305 |
CWE-ID | CWE-79 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available. |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Apache Tomcat Server applications / Web servers |
Vendor | Apache Foundation |
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU64627
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34305
CWE-ID:
CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed to the form authentication example in the examples web application. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsApache Tomcat: 10.1.0-M1 - 10.1.0-M16, 10.0.0 - 10.0.22, 9.0.0 - 9.0.64, 8.5.0 - 8.5.81
http://lists.apache.org/thread/k04zk0nq6w57m72w5gb0r6z9ryhmvr4k
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Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?