Apache Tomcat Manager suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability. Versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.5, 6.0.0 through 6.0.29, and 5.5.0 through 5.5.31 are affected.
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CVE-2011-0013 Apache Tomcat Manager XSS vulnerability
Severity: Low
Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
Versions Affected:
- - Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.5
- - Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.29
- - Tomcat 5.5.0 to 5.5.31
- - Earlier, unsupported versions may also be affected
Description:
The HTML Manager interface displayed web applciation provided data, such
as display names, without filtering. A malicious web application could
trigger script execution by an administartive user when viewing the
manager pages.
Example:
<display-name><script>alert('hi');</script></display-name>
Mitigation:
Users of affected versions should apply one of the following mitigations:
- - Upgrade to a Tomcat version where this issue is fixed
- - Undeploy untrusted web applications
- - Remove the Manager application
Credit:
The issue was identified by the Tomcat security team.
References:
https://tomcat.apache.org/security.html
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
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