CVE-2009-1729
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sun Java System Communications Express 6 2005Q4 (aka 6.2) and 6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the abperson_displayName parameter to uwc/abs/search.xml in…
Does this matter?
2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 5.3%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sun Java System Communications Express 6 2005Q4 (aka 6.2) and 6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the abperson_displayName parameter to uwc/abs/search.xml in the Add Contact implementation in the Personal Address Book component or (2) the temporaryCalendars parameter to uwc/base/UWCMain.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.33% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 May 2009
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- sun/java system communications express
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.3% 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 (2)
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://osvdb.org/54609
- http://osvdb.org/54610
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/May/0177.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32474
- http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/May/1022266.html
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-122793-26-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-258068-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/sun-communications-expressExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503675/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34154Exploit, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34155Exploit, Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1389
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50658
- http://osvdb.org/54609
- http://osvdb.org/54610
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/May/0177.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32474
- http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/May/1022266.html
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-122793-26-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-258068-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/sun-communications-expressExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503675/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34154Exploit, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34155Exploit, Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1389
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50658
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.