CVE-2001-0829

Apache Tomcat allows webmasters to insert xss into error messages

5.1 Medium

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 3.2.1 allows a malicious webmaster to embed Javascript in a request for a .JSP file, which causes the Javascript to be inserted into an error message.

Exploit likelihood

12.2%Up 11.2 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.1

Record: CVE-2001-0829
CVSS 2.0: 5.1 MediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2001-0829
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-1630 No score

Record: EUVD-2022-1630
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-58hj-575g-5j25 No score

Apache Tomcat allows webmasters to insert xss into error messages

Record: GHSA-58hj-575g-5j25
Weakness: CWE-80
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-58hj-575g-5j25 No score

Apache Tomcat allows webmasters to insert xss into error messages

Record: GHSA-58hj-575g-5j25
Weakness: CWE-80
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

apache tomcat

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`org.apache.tomcat:tomcat` Maven	through 3.2.1	None known

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2001-0829 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Apache Tomcat, published November 22, 2001. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.2%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.