MEDIUM
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
Published Sep 19, 2003
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 27.08%
Description
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
27.08% 0.27079
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.27079
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 27.08% (0.27079) | 97.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 26.80% (0.26800) | 97.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 12, 2026 | 41.66% (0.41657) | 97.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 48.22% (0.48220) | 97.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 61.71% (0.61708) | 97.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 48.22% (0.48220) | 97.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.98% (0.01979) | 88.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.71% (0.00713) | 79.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.71% (0.00713) | 77.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.53% (0.02525) | 81.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.53% (0.02525) | 80.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.53% (0.02525) | 58.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2002-q3/0482.html mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVExploitVendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-86fp-jgwm-wgj5 Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@<dev.tomcat.apache.org>
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@<dev.tomcat.apache.org>
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@<dev.tomcat.apache.org>
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1567
- https://web.archive.org/web/20041213160616/http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2002-q3/0482.html
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 19, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Sep 18, 2003
Link CVE-2002-1567
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-86FP-JGWM-WGJ5 Updated n/a