CVE-2026-50229 (GCVE-0-2026-50229)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-29 20:36 – Updated: 2026-06-30 12:50
VLAI
Title
Apache Tomcat: XSS in number guess example
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in the number guess example for Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.22, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.55, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.118, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.109. Other versions that have reached end of support may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.23, 10.1.56 or 9.0.119, which fix the issue.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-80 - Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat Affected: 11.0.0-M1 , ≤ 11.0.22 (semver)
Affected: 10.1.0-M1 , ≤ 10.1.55 (semver)
Affected: 9.0.0.M1 , ≤ 9.0.118 (semver)
Affected: 8.5.0 , ≤ 8.5.100 (semver)
Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.109 (semver)
Unknown: 0 , < 7.0.0 (semver)
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Credits
Erichen, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Yashar Shahinzadeh Amirmohammad Safari
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