Vulnerability · Published Jun 23, 2022 · Assigned by apache

CVE-2022-34305XSS in examples web application

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Apache Tomcat from Apache Software Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 6.7% (higher than 94% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)6.7%top 6.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

In Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M16, 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.22, 9.0.30 to 9.0.64 and 8.5.50 to 8.5.81 the Form authentication example in the examples web application displayed user provided data without filtering, exposing a XSS vulnerability.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian:12	tomcat9	9.0.65-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2022-34305
Debian:13	tomcat9	9.0.65-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2022-34305
Debian:14	tomcat9	9.0.65-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2022-34305
Maven	org.apache.tomcat:tomcat	10.1.0-M17	GHSA-6j88-6whg-x687
Maven	org.apache.tomcat:tomcat	8.5.82	GHSA-6j88-6whg-x687
Maven	org.apache.tomcat:tomcat	10.0.22	GHSA-6j88-6whg-x687
Maven	org.apache.tomcat:tomcat	9.0.65	GHSA-6j88-6whg-x687

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Tomcat	Apache Tomcat 8.5 8.5.50 to 8.5.81Apache Tomcat 9 9.0.30 to 9.0.64Apache Tomcat 10.0 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.22Apache Tomcat 10.1 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M16

Weakness: CWE-79

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/k04zk0nq6w57m72w5gb0r6z9ryhmvr4k x_refsource_MISC
[oss-security] 20220623 CVE-2022-34305: Apache Tomcat: XSS in examples web application mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0006/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
GLSA-202208-34 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO