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CVE-2010-4172

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Manager application in Apache Tomcat 6.0.12 through 6.0.29 an

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Manager application in Apache Tomcat 6.0.12 through 6.0.29 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) orderBy or (2) sort parameter to sessionsList.jsp, or unspecified input to (3) sessionDetail.jsp or (4) java/org/apache/catalina/manager/JspHelper.java, related to use of untrusted web applications.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.11901
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 6% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

1
apache tomcatall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat MODERATE fixed in 7.0.5
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
remoteApache Tomcat 7.0.4 - 'sort' / 'orderBy' Cross-Site Scriptingverified
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 45015www.securityfocus.com
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

2
et-openET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Apache Tomcat Sort Parameter Cross Site Scripting Attemptweb-application-attack
et-openET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Apache Tomcat Orderby Parameter Cross Site Scripting Attemptweb-application-attack
Open rulesets (ET Open, Snort Community, abuse.ch) link to source. Commercial rulesets are reference-only.
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Sigma Hunt Rules

1
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productmediumTomcat WebServer Logs Deleted
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD26 Nov 2010 · 08:00 PM
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Vendor Advisories

4
rhsaRHSA-2011:0896Low
rhsaRHSA-2011:0897Low
rhsaRHSA-2011:0791Moderate
usnUSN-1048-1
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References & Sources

23
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-11/0285.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/42337Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43019
http://secunia.com/advisories/45022
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