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CVE-2009-0038

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web administration console in Apache Geronimo Application Ser

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web administration console in Apache Geronimo Application Server 2.1 through 2.1.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name, (2) ip, (3) username, or (4) description parameter to console/portal/Server/Monitoring.

or (5) the PATH_INFO to the default URI under console/portal/.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.23675
Schedule remediation
  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 4% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

1
apache geronimoall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.apache.geronimo.plugins:console MODERATE fixed in 2.1.4
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Public Exploits & PoCs

4
remoteApache Geronimo 2.1.x - '/console/portal/' URI Cross-Site Scriptingverified
remoteApache Geronimo 2.1.x - '/console/portal/Server/Monitoring' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilitiesverified
pocdsecrg.com · show.php?id=119dsecrg.com
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 34562www.securityfocus.com
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD17 Apr 2009 · 02:30 PM
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://geronimo.apache.org/21x-security-report.html#2.1.xSecurityReport-214PatchVendor Advisory
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-4597Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/34715
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502734/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1089
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