Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Host Manager Servlet for Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.13 and 5.5.0 to 5.5.24 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via crafted requests, as demonstrated using the aliases parameter to an html/add action.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-3386 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 73.78%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.82% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30495 | exploit_db | edb | 2007-08-14 | 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 | 2026-04-02 | 69.96% | 73.78% | +3.82% |
| 2 | 2025-12-01 | 69.67% | 69.96% | +0.29% |
| 3 | 2025-10-16 | — | 69.67% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3386 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2007-3386 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (tomcat5, tomcat5.5), 18 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): DNE 7, ignored 5, released 4, needs-triage 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-3386 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.4 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.6 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.7 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.8 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.9 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.10 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.11 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.12 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.13 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.14 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.15 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.16 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.17 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.18 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.19 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.20 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.21 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.22 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.23 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.24 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 6.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 6.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 6.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 6.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 6.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 6.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 6.0.6 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 6.0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 6.0.8 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 6.0.9 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 6.0.10 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 6.0.11 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 6.0.12 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 6.0.13 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |