CVE-2008-5266
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in configuration/httpListenerEdit.jsf in the GlassFish 2 UR2 b04 webadmin interface in Sun Java…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 5.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in configuration/httpListenerEdit.jsf in the GlassFish 2 UR2 b04 webadmin interface in Sun Java System Application Server 9.1_01 build b09d-fcs and 9.1_02 build b04-fcs allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter, a different vector than CVE-2008-2751.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Sun GlassFish 2.1 - 'name' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31901remote, multiplepublished 10 Jun 2008Verified
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.4% · top 7.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 4659 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20080610 XSS - Glassfish Web Admin Interface (Sun Java System Application Server 9.1_01 (build b09d-fcs) ) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://webappsecurity.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/xss-glassfish-web-admin-interface-sun-java-system-application/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- glassfish-httplisteneredit-xss(47029) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30604 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29646 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-5243 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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