CVE-2004-2320

The default configuration of BEA WebLogic Server and Express 8.1 SP2 and earlier, 7.0 SP4 and earlier, 6.1 through SP6, and 5.1 through SP13 responds to the HTTP TRACE request, which can allow remote attackers to steal information using cross-site tracing (XST) attacks in applications that are vulnerable to cross-site scripting.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2320 is rated Moderate Risk (48.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.56%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2320

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 4.03% 2.56% -1.47%
2 2026-05-31 4.15% 4.03% -0.12%
3 2026-05-29 — 4.15% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2320

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2320

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2004-2320

GHSA-j9r3-w4r5-872h · Severity: medium — The default configuration of BEA WebLogic Server and Express 8.1 SP2 and earlier, 7.0 SP4 and...

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-2320

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-2320

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2004-2320

  • Red Hat (2008-03-05T00:00:00)

    The Apache Software Foundation do not treat this as a security issue. A configuration change can be made to disable the ability to respond to HTTP TRACE requests if required. For more information please see: http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/03-01-24#news

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2320

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:*:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp1:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp1:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp10:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp10:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp10:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp11:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp11:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp11:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp12:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp12:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp12:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp13:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp13:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp13:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp2:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp2:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp3:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp3:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp4:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp4:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp5:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp5:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp6:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp6:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp7:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp7:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp7:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp8:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp8:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp8:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp9:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp9:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:5.1:sp9:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:*:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp1:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp1:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp2:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp2:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp3:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp3:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp4:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp4:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp5:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp5:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:6.1:sp6:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:*:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp1:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp1:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp2:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp2:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp3:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp3:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp4:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:7.0:sp4:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:8.1:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:8.1:*:win32:*:*:*:*:*
bea weblogic_server 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bea:weblogic_server:8.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2320

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