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medium 4.3

CVE-2009-2696 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jsp/cal/cal2.jsp in the calendar application in the examples web application in Apache Tomcat o…

published 2010-08-05 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2688

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.0%
EPSS 5.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jsp/cal/cal2.jsp in the calendar application in the examples web application in Apache Tomcat on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Desktop Workstation 5, and Linux Desktop 5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the time parameter, related to "invalid HTML." NOTE: this is due to a missing fix for CVE-2009-0781.

Patch / fix

  • tomcat5 RHEL 5 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-jasper RHEL 5 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-webapps RHEL 5 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-common-lib RHEL 5 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-server-lib RHEL 5 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api RHEL 5 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-admin-webapps RHEL 5 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-jasper-javadoc RHEL 5 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0580

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-2009-2696 updated cvss 4.3

tomcat: missing fix for CVE-2009-0781

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0580

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Exploit prediction

5.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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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