CVE-2002-1567
mediumpriority · attend · 46EPSS 0.271 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script and steal cookies via a URL with encoded newlines followed by a request to a .jsp file whose name contains the script.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-21734Apache Tomcat 4.1 - JSP Request Cross-Site Scriptingfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-86fp-jgwm-wgj5Apache Tomcat XSS Vulnerability2022-04-30ghsa · osvUS
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script and steal cookies via a URL with encoded newlines followed by a request to a .jsp file whose name contains the script.
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2002-q3/0482.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2002-q3/0482.htmlExploitVendor Advisorynvd
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.htmlnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Envd
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