CVE-2009-1554 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4% (pctl 90)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 4.05% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-05-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| oracle | glassfish server |
| sun | woodstock |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Woodstock 4.2 404 - Error Page Cross-Site Scripting | 2009-05-05 |
References
- http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=138
- http://osvdb.org/54220
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35006
- http://www.nabble.com/-DSECRG--Sun-Glassfish-Multiple-Security-Vulnerabilities-p22595435.html
- http://www.nabble.com/Re:--DSECRG--Sun-Glassfish-Multiple-Security-Vulnerabilities-p23002524.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503239/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34829
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50336
- https://woodstock.dev.java.net/servlets/ReadMsg?list=cvs&msgNo=4041
- http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=138
- http://osvdb.org/54220
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35006
- http://www.nabble.com/-DSECRG--Sun-Glassfish-Multiple-Security-Vulnerabilities-p22595435.html
- http://www.nabble.com/Re:--DSECRG--Sun-Glassfish-Multiple-Security-Vulnerabilities-p23002524.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503239/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34829
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50336
- https://woodstock.dev.java.net/servlets/ReadMsg?list=cvs&msgNo=4041
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