CVE-2009-0796

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0796
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-07 23:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Status.pm in Apache::Status and Apache2::Status in mod_perl1 and mod_perl2 for the Apache HTTP Server, when /perl-status is accessible, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URI.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Http Server All All All All
Application Apache Mod Perl 1 All All All
Application Apache Mod Perl 2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
mod_perl Input Validation Flaw in Apache::Status and Apache2::Status Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
AWS, Azure, Managed Cloud & Security in Canada | Carbon60 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gossamer-threads.com Exploit
CVE-2009-0796 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net
About the security content of Mac OS X v10.6.5 and Security Update 2010-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1 Mac OS X v10.6.5 and Security Update 2010-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
[Apache-SVN] Revision 761081 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.apache.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[Apache-SVN] Diff of /perl/modperl/branches/1.x/lib/Apache/Status.pm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.apache.org
svn commit: r761081 - in /perl/modperl/branches/1.x: Changes lib/Apache/Status.pm | ModPerl | ModPerl-cvs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gossamer-threads.com Exploit
494402 – (CVE-2009-0796) CVE-2009-0796 httpd mod_perl Apache::Status XSS flaw af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:091 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Apache mod_perl 'Apache::Status' and 'Apache2::Status' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Apache mod_perl "Apache::Status" / "Apache2::Status" Cross-Site Scripting - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
CVE-2009-0796 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-06-11Tomas 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-2009-0796 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact, a future mod_perl package 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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