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medium 4.3

CVE-2009-0026 json

Apache Jackrabbit contains Cross-site Scripting

published 2009-01-21 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-6fxv-38xc-h866 , EUVD-2022-2785

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
26.8%
EPSS 26.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Apache Jackrabbit before 1.5.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the q parameter to (1) search.jsp or (2) swr.jsp.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit 1.5.2

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-0026 updated

JackRabbit XSS in examples

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-32742)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

26.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-32742 Apache JackRabbit 1.4/1.5 Content Repository (JCR) - 'swr.jsp?q' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2009-01-20
  • EDB-32741 Apache JackRabbit 1.4/1.5 Content Repository (JCR) - 'search.jsp?q' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2009-01-20
  • issues.apache.org https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR-1925 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33360 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit
<1.5.2
1.5.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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