CVE-2009-1553
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Admin Console in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string to (1) applications/applications.jsf, (2)…
Does this matter?
8 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 8.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Admin Console in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string to (1) applications/applications.jsf, (2) configuration/configuration.jsf, (3) customMBeans/customMBeans.jsf, (4) resourceNode/resources.jsf, (5) sysnet/registration.jsf, or (6) webService/webServicesGeneral.jsf; or the name parameter to (7) configuration/auditModuleEdit.jsf, (8) configuration/httpListenerEdit.jsf, or (9) resourceNode/jdbcResourceEdit.jsf.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 8.20% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 8 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 5 May 2009
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- oracle/glassfish server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 8.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (8)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
| EDB-ID | Title | Type | Published | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDB-32981source ↗ | GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 - Admin Console '/resourceNode/jdbcResourceEdit.jsf?name' Cross-Site Scriptingmultiple · DSecRG | remote | 5 May 2009 | yes |
| EDB-32980source ↗ | GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 - Admin Console '/configuration/auditModuleEdit.jsf?name' Cross-Site Scriptingmultiple · DSecRG | remote | 5 May 2009 | yes |
| EDB-32979source ↗ | GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 - Admin Console /webService/webServicesGeneral.jsf URI Cross-Site Scriptingmultiple · DSecRG | remote | 5 May 2009 | yes |
| EDB-32978source ↗ | GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 - Admin Console /sysnet/registration.jsf URI Cross-Site Scriptingmultiple · DSecRG | remote | 5 May 2009 | yes |
| EDB-32977source ↗ | GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 - Admin Console /resourceNode/resources.jsf URI Cross-Site Scriptingmultiple · DSecRG | remote | 5 May 2009 | yes |
| EDB-32975source ↗ | GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 - Admin Console /customMBeans/customMBeans.jsf URI Cross-Site Scriptingmultiple · DSecRG | remote | 5 May 2009 | yes |
| EDB-32974source ↗ | GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 - Admin Console /configuration/configuration.jsf URI Cross-Site Scriptingmultiple · DSecRG | remote | 5 May 2009 | yes |
| EDB-32971source ↗ | GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 - Admin Console /applications/applications.jsf URI Cross-Site Scriptingmultiple · DSecRG | remote | 5 May 2009 | yes |
References
- http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=134Exploit
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN73653977/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-000027.html
- http://osvdb.org/54249
- http://osvdb.org/54250
- http://osvdb.org/54251
- http://osvdb.org/54252
- http://osvdb.org/54253
- http://osvdb.org/54254
- http://osvdb.org/54255
- http://osvdb.org/54256
- http://osvdb.org/54257
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258528-1
- http://www.nabble.com/-DSECRG--Sun-Glassfish-Multiple-Security-Vulnerabilities-p22595435.htmlExploit
- http://www.nabble.com/Re:--DSECRG--Sun-Glassfish-Multiple-Security-Vulnerabilities-p23002524.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503236/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34824Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34914
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1255
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50453
- https://glassfish.dev.java.net/servlets/ReadMsg?list=cvs&msgNo=29668Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://glassfish.dev.java.net/servlets/ReadMsg?list=cvs&msgNo=29669Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://glassfish.dev.java.net/servlets/ReadMsg?list=cvs&msgNo=29675Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=134Exploit
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN73653977/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-000027.html
- http://osvdb.org/54249
- http://osvdb.org/54250
- http://osvdb.org/54251
- http://osvdb.org/54252
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.