CVE-2007-5614

Mortbay Jetty before 6.1.6rc1 does not properly handle "certain quote sequences" in HTML cookie parameters, which allows remote attackers to hijack browser sessions via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2007-12-05 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5614 is rated Moderate Risk (61.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.98%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5614

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 3.49% 3.98% +0.49%
2 2025-08-05 4.03% 3.49% -0.54%
3 2025-05-28 4.03%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5614

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-5614

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2007-5614

GHSA-fvh3-4v5r-cvvc · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Improper Authentication in Mortbay Jetty

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5614

vendor priority summary link
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5614

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5614

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mortbay_jetty jetty 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay_jetty:jetty:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay_jetty jetty 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay_jetty:jetty:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay_jetty jetty 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay_jetty:jetty:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay_jetty jetty 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay_jetty:jetty:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay_jetty jetty 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay_jetty:jetty:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay_jetty jetty 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay_jetty:jetty:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay_jetty jetty 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay_jetty:jetty:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay_jetty jetty 5 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay_jetty:jetty:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay_jetty jetty 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay_jetty:jetty:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay_jetty jetty 6 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay_jetty:jetty:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay_jetty jetty 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay_jetty:jetty:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5614

cvelogic Threat Intelligence