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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2010-4172

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Manager application in Apache Tomcat 6.0.12 through 6.0.29 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) orderBy or (2) sort parameter to…

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 42.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 42.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Manager application in Apache Tomcat 6.0.12 through 6.0.29 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) orderBy or (2) sort parameter to sessionsList.jsp, or unspecified input to (3) sessionDetail.jsp or (4) java/org/apache/catalina/manager/JspHelper.java, related to use of untrusted web applications.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
42.01% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 November 2010
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
apache/tomcat
Source
secalert@redhat.com
EPSS trend
0%23%45%26 October 2026: 42.01%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 42.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-35011source ↗Apache Tomcat 7.0.4 - 'sort' / 'orderBy' Cross-Site Scriptinglinux · Adam Muntnerremote22 November 2010yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.