CVE-2009-0039
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the web administration console in Apache Geronimo Application Server 2.1…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 11.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the web administration console in Apache Geronimo Application Server 2.1 through 2.1.3 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change the web administration password, (2) upload applications, and perform unspecified other administrative actions, as demonstrated by (3) a Shutdown request to console/portal//Server/Shutdown.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apache Geronimo 2.1.x - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Multiple Admin Function) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32922remote, multiplepublished 16 Apr 2009Verified
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Timeline
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By redhat
- 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.1% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.geronimo.plugins:consoleGHSA-678x-xfp4-r92r (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
- 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
- 20090416 [DSECRG-09-020] Apache Geronimo - XSRF vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=120 (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-2022-2738 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-678x-xfp4-r92r (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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