CVE-2009-2897
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in hq/web/common/GenericError.jsp in the generic exception handler in the web…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in hq/web/common/GenericError.jsp in the generic exception handler in the web interface in SpringSource Hyperic HQ 3.2.x before 3.2.6.1, 4.0.x before 4.0.3.1, 4.1.x before 4.1.2.1, and 4.2-beta1; Application Management Suite (AMS) 2.0.0.SR3; and tc Server 6.0.20.B allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via invalid values for numerical parameters, as demonstrated by an uncaught java.lang.NumberFormatException exception resulting from (1) the typeId parameter to mastheadAttach.do, (2) the eid parameter to Resource.do, and (3) the u parameter in a view action to admin/user/UserAdmin.do. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 54 days later
· 54 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% 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
12
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/hyperic-hq-vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=Wiki&action=view&type=advisory&name=Hyperic_HQ_Multiple_XSS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 58609 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20091003 CORE-2009-0812-Hyperic HQ Multiple XSS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.springsource.com/security/hyperic-hq (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36935 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- hyperichq-mastheadattach-xss(53658) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 58610 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20091002 CVE-2009-2897: Hyperic HQ - Reflected XSS in stack trace (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://jira.hyperic.com/browse/HHQ-2655 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://forums.hyperic.com/jiveforums/thread.jspa?messageID=22156嚌 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 58608 (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-2009-2887 (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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