# CVE-2006-7196: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the calendar application example in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6, 4.1.0 through 4.1.31, 5.0

- Also known as: GHSA-PM78-WXXF-FW98
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Fixed in: 4.0.7, 4.1.32, 5.0.31, 5.5.16
- Published: 2007-05-09 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.7
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): from 4.1.0, fixed in 4.1.32
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.0.31
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): from 5.5.0, fixed in 5.5.16

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the calendar application example in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6, 4.1.0 through 4.1.31, 5.0.0 through 5.0.30, and 5.5.0 through 5.5.15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the time parameter to cal2.jsp and possibly unspecified other vectors. NOTE: this may be related to CVE-2006-0254.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.7, 4.1.32, 5.0.31, 5.5.16) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
- http://osvdb.org/34888
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29242
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33668
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25531
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1729
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478491/100/0/threaded
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478609/100/0/threaded
- http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx
- http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30563

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