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CVE-2002-0682
published 2002-07-23

CVE-2002-0682: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute script as other web users via script in a URL with the /servlet/…

PriorityP428high7.5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCPIPAP
EXPLOIT
EPSS
13.60%
96.5th percentile
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute script as other web users via script in a URL with the /servlet/ mapping, which does not filter the script when an exception is thrown by the servlet.

Affected

1 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
apachetomcat——

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

urltomcat-server/servlet/org.apache.catalina.servlets.WebdavStatus/alert(document.domain)↗
urltomcat-server/servlet/org.apache.catalina.ContainerServlet/alert(document.domain)↗
urltomcat-server/servlet/org.apache.catalina.Context/alert(document.domain)↗
  • →Detect XSS exploitation attempts against Apache Tomcat 4.0.3 by monitoring HTTP requests containing the /servlet/ path mapping combined with script payloads (e.g., alert(...)) appended after a fully-qualified class name. These requests exploit exception-throwing behavior to reflect unsanitized input. ↗
  • →Flag HTTP requests matching the pattern: /servlet/<org.apache.catalina.*>/<script_payload> — the class name segment triggers an exception and the trailing payload is reflected unfiltered in the response. ↗
  • ·The vulnerability is specific to Apache Tomcat version 4.0.3 on both Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms. Servlet mapping must be enabled for the attack surface to exist. ↗
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