CVE-2007-5614
Mortbay Jetty before 6.1.6rc1 does not properly handle "certain quote sequences" in HTML cookie parameters, which allows remote attackers to hijack browser sessions via unspecified vectors.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Mortbay Jetty before 6.1.6rc1 does not properly handle "certain quote sequences" in HTML cookie parameters, which allows remote attackers to hijack browser sessions via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.98% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mortbay jetty/jetty
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS 4.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://osvdb.org/42496
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27925
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35143
- http://svn.codehaus.org/jetty/jetty/trunk/VERSION.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/438616Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26695
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00227.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00250.html
- http://osvdb.org/42496
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27925
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35143
- http://svn.codehaus.org/jetty/jetty/trunk/VERSION.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/438616Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26695
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00227.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00250.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.