medium
4.3
CWE
79
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2009-4612: XSS

First published: Wed Jan 13 2010(Updated: )

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the WebApp JSP Snoop page in Mort Bay Jetty 6.1.x through 6.1.21 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to the default URI under (1) jspsnoop/, (2) jspsnoop/ERROR/, and (3) jspsnoop/IOException/, and possibly the PATH_INFO to (4) snoop.jsp.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-pre0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-pre1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-pre2
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-pre3
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-rc3
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.1-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-pre0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-pre1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-rc3
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-rc4
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-rc5
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.3
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.4
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.4-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.4-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.5
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.5-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.6
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.6-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.6-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.7
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.8
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.9
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.10
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.11
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.12
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.12-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.12-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.12-rc3
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.12-rc4
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.12-rc5
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.14
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.15
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.15-pre0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.15-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.15-rc3
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.15-rc4
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.15-rc5
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.16
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.19
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.20
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.21

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2009-4612?

    CVE-2009-4612 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for cross-site scripting attacks.

  • How do I fix CVE-2009-4612?

    To mitigate CVE-2009-4612, upgrade to a patched version of Mort Bay Jetty that resolves the XSS vulnerabilities.

  • Which versions of Mort Bay Jetty are affected by CVE-2009-4612?

    CVE-2009-4612 affects Mort Bay Jetty versions from 6.1.0 to 6.1.21.

  • What types of attacks can be executed due to CVE-2009-4612?

    CVE-2009-4612 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary HTML or web scripts via cross-site scripting.

  • Is CVE-2009-4612 a client-side or server-side vulnerability?

    CVE-2009-4612 is considered a server-side vulnerability as it affects the web application server handling requests.

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