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    CVE-2009-0781

    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jsp/cal/cal2.jsp in the calendar application in the examples web application in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the time parameter, related to "invalid HTML."

    Published:Mar 6, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Mar 9, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.37304
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Tomcat
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Application Server

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35788
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42368
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-263529-1
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:136
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:138
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501538/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1856
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3056
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49213
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11041
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19345
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6564
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01156.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01216.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01246.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35788
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42368
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-263529-1
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:136
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:138
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501538/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1856
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3056
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49213
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11041
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19345
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6564
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01156.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01216.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01246.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High