bugtraq - CVE-2007-3383: XSS in Tomcat send mail example

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Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:51:11 -0400
From: Mark Thomas <markt@...che.org>
To: Tomcat Users List <users@...cat.apache.org>,
	Tomcat Developers List <dev@...cat.apache.org>
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk,
	"CERT(R) Coordination Center" <cert@...t.org>
Subject: CVE-2007-3383: XSS in Tomcat send mail example

CVE-2007-3383: XSS in Tomcat send mail example

Severity:
Low (Cross-site scripting)

Vendor:
The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
4.0.0 to 4.0.6
4.1.0 to 4.1.36

Description:
When reporting error messages, the SendMailServlet does not filter
user supplied data before display. This enables an XSS attack.

Mitigation:
Undeploy the examples web application.

Credit:
This issue was discovered by Tomasz Kuczynski, Poznan Supercomputing
and Networking Center, who worked with the CERT/CC to report the
vulnerability.

Example:
On this page
http://localhost:8080/examples/jsp/mail/sendmail.jsp
enter the following text
<script>alert('XSS reflected')</script>
in the From field and click Send.

References:
http://tomcat.apache.org/security.html

Mark Thomas