CVE-2009-0796
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Status.pm in Apache::Status and Apache2::Status in mod_perl1 and mod_perl2 for the Apache HTTP…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 29.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-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.
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 mod_perl - 'Apache::Status' / 'Apache2::Status' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9993remote, multiplepublished 9 Nov 2009Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 34 days later
· 34 days 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 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 29.6% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
17
- 1021988 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=761081 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:091 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494402 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1021508 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0943 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [modperl] 20090401 [SECURITY] [CVE-2009-0796] Vulnerability found in Apache::Status and Apache2::Status (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-0796 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/perl/modperl/branches/1.x/lib/Apache/Status.pm?r1=177851&r2=761081&pathrev=761081&diff_format=h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1021709 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8488 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- [modperl-cvs] 20090401 svn commit: r761081 - in /perl/modperl/branches/1.x: Changes lib/Apache/Status.pm (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 34383 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 34597 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20090415 XSS with mod_perl perl_status utility (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2009-0794 (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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