CVE-2009-0855
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the administrative console in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1 before 6.1.0.23 on…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 6.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the administrative console in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1 before 6.1.0.23 on z/OS allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
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
- IBM Websphere Application Server 6.1/7.0 - Administrative Console Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32839remote, multiplepublished 26 Feb 2009Verified
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Timeline
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)
- 6.0% · top 6.6% 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
10
- ADV-2009-0854 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- 34259 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0607 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- 34131 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- 34461 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- PK81212 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- PK77505 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 34001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- PK82988 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170073/IBM-Websphere-Application-Server-7.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_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-2009-0852 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-0855)Record last updated .