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medium 4.3

CVE-2009-1554 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ThemeServlet.java in Sun Woodstock 4.2, as used in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server and other pr…

published 2009-05-06 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1550

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-32987)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-32987 Woodstock 4.2 404 - Error Page Cross-Site Scripting remote, 2009-05-05
  • nabble.com http://www.nabble.com/-DSECRG--Sun-Glassfish-Multiple-Security-Vulnerabilities-p22595435.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34829 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • dsecrg.com http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=138 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

Classification

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

References

Sources

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