# CVE-2007-3383: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SendMailServlet in the examples web application (examples/jsp/mail/sendmail.jsp) in Apache Tomca

- Also known as: GHSA-WJWR-3JCH-479J
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-07-25 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): from 4.0.0, through 4.0.6
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): from 4.1.0, through 4.1.36

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SendMailServlet in the examples web application (examples/jsp/mail/sendmail.jsp) in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6 and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the From field and possibly other fields, related to generation of error messages.

## What to do

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## References

- http://osvdb.org/39000
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474413/100/0/threaded
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30802
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/862600
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2918
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24999
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2618
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jul/0448.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35536
- 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

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