CVE-2009-0038Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web administration console in Apache Geronimo Application Server 2.1 through…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 18.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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/.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- Apache Geronimo 2.1.x - '/console/portal/Server/Monitoring' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32920remote, multiplepublished 16 Apr 2009Verified
- Apache Geronimo 2.1.x - '/console/portal/' URI Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32921remote, multiplepublished 16 Apr 2009Verified
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Timeline
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- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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)
- 18.0% · top 2.8% of all CVEs (13 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
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.geronimo.plugins:consoleGHSA-c372-x57p-6x7v (opens in a new tab)
References
References7
- http://geronimo.apache.org/21x-security-report.html#2.1.xSecurityReport-214 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1089 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 34562 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20090416 [DSECRG-09-019] Apache Geronimo - XSS vulnerabilities.txt (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-4597 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34715 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=119 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2022-3484 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-c372-x57p-6x7v (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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