CVE-2009-1729
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sun Java System Communications Express 6 2005Q4 (aka 6.2) and 6.3 allow remote…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 5.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sun Java System Communications Express 6 2005Q4 (aka 6.2) and 6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the abperson_displayName parameter to uwc/abs/search.xml in the Add Contact implementation in the Personal Address Book component or (2) the temporaryCalendars parameter to uwc/base/UWCMain.
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.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Sun Java System Communications Express 6.3 - 'search.xml' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32863webapps, javapublished 20 May 2009Verified
- Sun Java System Communications Express 6.3 - 'UWCMain' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32864webapps, javapublished 20 May 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
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- 1 day later
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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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.3% · top 7.3% of all CVEs (11 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
References13
- 34155 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 54609 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1389 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 34154 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- communications-express-search-xss(50658) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20090520 CORE-2009-0109 - Multiple XSS in Sun Communications Express (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 258068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 20090520 CORE-2009-0109 - Multiple XSS in Sun Communications Express (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-122793-26-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/sun-communications-express (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 32474 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1022266 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 54610 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2009-1724 (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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