Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 12, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-5333
CVE-2007-5333
Description
Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36 does not properly handle (1) double quote (") characters or (2) %5C (encoded backslash) sequences in a cookie value, which might cause sensitive information such as session IDs to be leaked to remote attackers and enable session hijacking attacks. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3385.
Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMaven | >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.15 | 6.0.15 |
org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMaven | >= 5.5.0, < 5.5.26 | 5.5.26 |
org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMaven | >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.37 | 4.1.37 |
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
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