CVE-2009-2898
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Alerts list feature in the web interface in SpringSource Hyperic HQ 3.2.x before 3.2.6.1,…
- 3.5LowCVSS base score
- 1.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 21% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Alerts list feature 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 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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
- Hyperic HQ 3.2 < 4.2-beta1 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10013webapps, jsppublished 2 Oct 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
- 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 | Low3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- 58611 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 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
- http://jira.hyperic.com/browse/HHQ-3390 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20091002 CVE-2009-2898: Hyperic HQ - Stored XSS in alerts list (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-description-xss(53660) (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-2009-2888 (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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