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CVE-2006-7196: Cross-site scripting in Apache Tomcat

May 1, 2022 (updated April 9, 2025)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the calendar application example in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6, 4.1.0 through 4.1.31, 5.0.0 through 5.0.30, and 5.5.0 through 5.5.15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the time parameter to cal2.jsp and possibly unspecified other vectors. NOTE: this may be related to CVE-2006-0254.1.

References

  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0326
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0340
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0261
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0524
  • access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-7196
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=238131
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-pm78-wxxf-fw98
  • github.com/apache/tomcat
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7196

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 4.0.0 before 4.0.7, all versions starting from 4.1.0 before 4.1.32, all versions starting from 5.0.0 before 5.0.31, all versions starting from 5.5.0 before 5.5.16

Fixed versions

  • 4.0.7
  • 4.1.32
  • 5.0.31
  • 5.5.16

Solution

Upgrade to versions 4.0.7, 4.1.32, 5.0.31, 5.5.16 or above.

Impact 4.3 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat/CVE-2006-7196.yml

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