CVE-2004-2763

Exp

The default configuration of Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP1 through SP12 and 6.0 SP1 through SP5 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: 2009-06-01 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-2763 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.02%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-2763

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2763

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 2026-02-14 0.65% 1.02% +0.37%
2 2025-08-25 0.43% 0.65% +0.22%
3 2024-12-17 0.43%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2763

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
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-2004-2763

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2763

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp1:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp10:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp10:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp11:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp11:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp12:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp12:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp2:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp3:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp4:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp5:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp6:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp7:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp7:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp8:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp8:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp9:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:4.1:sp9:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:6.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:6.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun iplanet_web_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_web_server:6.0:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp10:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp11:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp12:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp7:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp8:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:4.1:sp9:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:6.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:6.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:6.0:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:6.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun one_web_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_web_server:6.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2763

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