GHSA-86fp-jgwm-wgj5 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Apache Tomcat XSS Vulnerability
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script and steal cookies via a URL with encoded newlines followed by a request to a .jsp file whose name contains the script.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1567 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 41.66%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21734 | exploit_db | edb | 2002-08-21 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-01-12 | 48.22% | 41.66% | -6.56% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 61.71% | 48.22% | -13.49% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 61.71% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
GHSA-86fp-jgwm-wgj5 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Apache Tomcat XSS Vulnerability