CVE-2009-1088
Hannon Hill Cascade Server 5.7 and other versions allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary programs or Java code via a…
- 9.0HighCVSS base score
- 12.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Hannon Hill Cascade Server 5.7 and other versions allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary programs or Java code via a crafted XSLT stylesheet with "extension elements and extension functions" that trigger code execution by Xalan-Java, as demonstrated using xalan://java.lang.Runtime.
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. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Hannon Hill Cascade Server - (Authenticated) Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8247webapps, cgipublished 19 Mar 2009Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 8247 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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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 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.0% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References5
- 8247 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://support.hannonhill.com/browse/CSCD-4753 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20090319 Command Execution in Hannon Hill Cascade Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 34186 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- cascadeserver-xlst-command-execution(49332) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2009-1089 (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-2009-1088)Record last updated .