GHSA-jjpq-gp5q-8q6wMediumCVSS 6.1

Cross-site scripting in Apache Tomcat

Published
May 30, 2019
Last Modified
June 18, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

The SSI printenv command in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.39 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.93 echoes user provided data without escaping and is, therefore, vulnerable to XSS. SSI is disabled by default. The printenv command is intended for debugging and is unlikely to be present in a production website.

🎯 Affected products9

  • maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.17
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.94
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:>= 8.5.0, < 8.5.40
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.17
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:>= 8.5.0, < 8.5.40
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.94
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.17
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:>= 8.5.0, < 8.5.40
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.94

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