CVE-2009-1554
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ThemeServlet.java in Sun Woodstock 4.2, as used in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a UTF-7 string in the PATH_INFO, which…
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A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 4.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ThemeServlet.java in Sun Woodstock 4.2, as used in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a UTF-7 string in the PATH_INFO, which is displayed on the 404 error page, as demonstrated by the PATH_INFO to theme/META-INF.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.05% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 5 May 2009
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- sun/woodstock
- Source
- cve@mitre.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.
Public exploits (1)
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.
References
- http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=138Exploit
- http://osvdb.org/54220
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35006
- 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/1/503239/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34829Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50336
- https://woodstock.dev.java.net/servlets/ReadMsg?list=cvs&msgNo=4041Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=138Exploit
- http://osvdb.org/54220
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35006
- 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/1/503239/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34829Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50336
- https://woodstock.dev.java.net/servlets/ReadMsg?list=cvs&msgNo=4041Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.