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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2009-2897 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in hq/web/common/GenericError.jsp in the generic exception handler in the web interface…

published 2009-10-13 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2887

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in hq/web/common/GenericError.jsp in the generic exception handler in the web interface in SpringSource Hyperic HQ 3.2.x before 3.2.6.1, 4.0.x before 4.0.3.1, 4.1.x before 4.1.2.1, and 4.2-beta1; Application Management Suite (AMS) 2.0.0.SR3; and tc Server 6.0.20.B allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via invalid values for numerical parameters, as demonstrated by an uncaught java.lang.NumberFormatException exception resulting from (1) the typeId parameter to mastheadAttach.do, (2) the eid parameter to Resource.do, and (3) the u parameter in a view action to admin/user/UserAdmin.do. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

2.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • coresecurity.com http://www.coresecurity.com/content/hyperic-hq-vulnerabilities referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • corelabs.coresecurity.com http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=Wiki&action=view&type=advisory&name=Hyperic_HQ_Multiple_XSS referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • jira.hyperic.com http://jira.hyperic.com/browse/HHQ-2655 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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