{"cve":"CVE-2008-1232","nvd":{"published":"2008-08-04T01:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:51:18.243","status":"Modified","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that is used in the message argument to the HttpServletResponse.sendError method.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-79"],"references":["http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/06/15/ca20090615-02-ca-service-desk-tomcat-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability.aspx","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2"],"products":["apache:tomcat"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-1232","score":0.75865,"percentile":0.99527,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-q74x-qqhr-f8rx","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q74x-qqhr-f8rx","summary":"Apache Tomcat Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability","modified":"2023-11-08T03:56:50.208531Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":[">=4.1.0 <4.1.38"],"fixed":["4.1.38"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":[">=5.5.0 <5.5.27"],"fixed":["5.5.27"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":[">=6.0.0 <6.0.17"],"fixed":["6.0.17"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}