CVE-2008-2751

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Glassfish webadmin interface in Sun Java System Application Server 9.1_01 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) propertyForm:propertyContentPage:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:jndiProp:JndiNew, (2) propertyForm:propertyContentPage:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:resTypeProp:resType, (3) propertyForm:propertyContentPage:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:factoryClassProp:factoryClass, or (4) propertyForm:propertyContentPage:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:descProp:desc parameter to (a) resourceNode/customResourceNew.jsf; the (5) propertyForm:propertyContentPage:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:jndiProp:JndiNew, (6) propertyForm:propertyContentPage:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:resTypeProp:resType, (7) propertyForm:propertyContentPage:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:factoryClassProp:factoryClass, (8) propertyForm:propertyContentPage:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:jndiLookupProp:jndiLookup, or (9) propertyForm:propertyContentPage:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:descProp:desc parameter to (b) resourceNode/externalResourceNew.jsf; the (10) propertyForm:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:jndiProp:Jndi, (11) propertyForm:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:nameProp:name, or (12) propertyForm:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:descProp:desc parameter to (c) resourceNode/jmsDestinationNew.jsf; the (13) propertyForm:propertySheet:generalPropertySheet:jndiProp:Jndi or (14) propertyForm:propertySheet:generalPropertySheet:descProp:cd parameter to (d) resourceNode/jmsConnectionNew.jsf; the (15) propertyForm:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:jndiProp:jnditext or (16) propertyForm:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:descProp:desc parameter to (e) resourceNode/jdbcResourceNew.jsf; the (17) propertyForm:propertyContentPage:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:nameProp:name, (18) propertyForm:propertyContentPage:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:classNameProp:classname, or (19) propertyForm:propertyContentPage:propertySheet:propertSectionTextField:loadOrderProp:loadOrder parameter to (f) applications/lifecycleModulesNew.jsf; or the (20) propertyForm:propertyContentPage:propertySheet:generalPropertySheet:jndiProp:name, (21) propertyForm:propertyContentPage:propertySheet:generalPropertySheet:resTypeProp:resType, or (22) propertyForm:propertyContentPage:propertySheet:generalPropertySheet:dbProp:db parameter to (g) resourceNode/jdbcConnectionPoolNew1.jsf.

Published: 2008-06-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2751 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.38%). Core evidence: 7 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.72% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2008-2751

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31924 exploit_db edb 2008-06-16 Exploit-DB ↗
31925 exploit_db edb 2008-06-16 Exploit-DB ↗
31926 exploit_db edb 2008-06-16 Exploit-DB ↗
31928 exploit_db edb 2008-06-16 Exploit-DB ↗
31923 exploit_db edb 2008-06-16 Exploit-DB ↗
31922 exploit_db edb 2008-06-16 Exploit-DB ↗
31927 exploit_db edb 2008-06-16 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2751

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 0.65% 4.38% +3.72%
2 2026-03-08 0.37% 0.65% +0.28%
3 2025-12-28 0.37%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2751

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2751

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-2751

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-2751 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (glassfish), 26 status rows across 26 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 22, DNE 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2751

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2751

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle glassfish_server 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:glassfish_server:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle glassfish_server 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:glassfish_server:1.0:ur1:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle glassfish_server 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:glassfish_server:1.0:ur1_po1:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle glassfish_server 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:glassfish_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle glassfish_server 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:glassfish_server:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle glassfish_server 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:glassfish_server:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle glassfish_server 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:glassfish_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle glassfish_server 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:glassfish_server:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_application_server 9.1_01 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_application_server:9.1_01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2751

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