CVE-2009-0781

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0781
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-09 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jsp/cal/cal2.jsp in the calendar application in the examples web application in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the time parameter, related to "invalid HTML."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.1 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.10 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.11 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.12 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.13 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.14 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.15 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.16 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.17 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.18 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.19 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.2 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.20 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.21 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.22 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.23 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.24 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.25 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.26 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.27 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.28 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.29 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.3 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.3 beta All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.30 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.31 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.32 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.33 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.34 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.35 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.36 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.37 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.4 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.5 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.6 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.7 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.8 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.9 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 4.1.9 beta All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.1 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.10 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.11 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.12 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.13 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.14 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.15 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.16 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.17 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.18 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.19 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.2 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.20 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.21 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.22 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.23 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.24 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.25 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.26 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.3 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.4 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.5 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.6 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.7 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.8 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 5.5.9 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.1 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.10 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.11 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.12 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.13 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.14 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.15 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.16 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.2 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.3 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.4 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.5 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.6 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.7 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.8 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

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Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-03-17Tomas HogerRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0781 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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