CVE-2003-0044 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the (1) examples and (2) ROOT web applications for Jakarta Tomcat 3.x through 3.3.1a allow remote attackers to insert arbitrary web script or HTML.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

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.

The EPSS score is 0.27285.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apache	Tomcat

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.2.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.3.1a:::::::*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/
http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/RELEASE-NOTES-3.3.1a.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/7972
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-060.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-246
http://www.osvdb.org/9203
http://www.osvdb.org/9204
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5111
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6720
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11196

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.57828}`	epss `{'score': 0.27285}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-01-29T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:36.093Z

Reserved: 2003-01-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2003-0044

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2003-02-07T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2003-0044

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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