What is CVE-2018-8031?

CVE-2018-8031 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tomee, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-07-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-8031?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Apache Tomee

CVE-2018-8031

The Apache TomEE console (tomee-webapp) has a XSS vulnerability which could allow javascript to be executed if the user is given a malicious URL. This web application is typically used to add TomEE features to a Tomcat installation. The TomEE bundles do not ship with this application included. This issue can be mitigated by removing the application after TomEE is setup (if using the application to install TomEE), using one of the provided pre-configured bundles, or by upgrading to TomEE 7.0.5. This issue is resolve in this commit: b8bbf50c23ce97dd64f3a5d77f78f84e47579863.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.020 (79.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Tomee
Apache Software Foundation Tomee — versions < 7.0.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8031?: CVE-2018-8031 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tomee, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-07-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-8031?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.