id: CVE-2019-0221 info: name: Apache Tomcat - Cross-Site Scripting author: pikpikcu severity: medium description: | Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.39, and 7.0.0 to 7.0.93 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting because the SSI printenv command echoes user provided data without escaping. Note: SSI is disabled by default. The printenv command is intended for debugging and is unlikely to be present in a production website. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the victim's browser, leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information. remediation: | Apply the necessary patches or updates provided by Apache Tomcat to fix the XSS vulnerability. reference: - https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/50 - https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2019/05/27/xss-in-ssi-printenv-command-apache-tomcat-cve-2019-0221/ - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50119 - https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6e6e9eacf7b28fd63d249711e9d3ccd4e0a83f556e324aee37be5a8c@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0221 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N cvss-score: 6.1 cve-id: CVE-2019-0221 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.01096 epss-percentile: 0.84374 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 2 vendor: apache product: tomcat shodan-query: - title:"Apache Tomcat" - http.title:"apache tomcat" - http.html:"apache tomcat" - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat" fofa-query: - body="apache tomcat" - title="apache tomcat" google-query: intitle:"apache tomcat" tags: cve2019,cve,apache,xss,tomcat,seclists,edb variables: payload: "" http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/printenv.shtml?{{url_encode(payload)}}" - "{{BaseURL}}/ssi/printenv.shtml?{{url_encode(payload)}}" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word words: - "QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED={{payload}}" - type: word part: header words: - "text/html" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4b0a00483046022100b490d11c0c3f7a69740b3d5d7176b7711ebfb93da6153f1b48c907f591be2be60221009645b1510cc82c91c6f60f7ccddc568f65b69a37a26d16e8ca8bfb3687546da6:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950