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CVE-2009-0796 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Status.pm in Apache::Status and Apache2::Status in mod_perl1 and mod_perl2 for the Apache HTTP…

published 2009-04-07 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0794

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
29.6%
EPSS 29.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Status.pm in Apache::Status and Apache2::Status in mod_perl1 and mod_perl2 for the Apache HTTP Server, when /perl-status is accessible, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URI.

Patch / fix

  • libapache2-mod-perl2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.4-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0796

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-2009-0796 updated cvss 4.3

Apache:: Status XSS flaw

  • 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. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-9993)

Exploit prediction

29.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-9993 Apache mod_perl - 'Apache::Status' / 'Apache2::Status' Cross-Site Scripting remote, 2009-11-09
  • gossamer-threads.com http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/modperl/modperl/99475#99475 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • gossamer-threads.com http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/modperl/modperl-cvs/99477#99477 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

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

References

Sources

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