CVE-2009-0026

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Apache Jackrabbit before 1.5.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the q parameter to (1) search.jsp or (2) swr.jsp.

Published: 2009-01-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0026 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 40.10%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-0026

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32742 exploit_db edb 2009-01-20 Exploit-DB ↗
32741 exploit_db edb 2009-01-20 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0026

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 2026-02-08 42.07% 40.10% -1.97%
2 2025-10-16 37.79% 42.07% +4.28%
3 2025-10-06 37.79%

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0026

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-2009-0026

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2009-0026

GHSA-6fxv-38xc-h866 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Apache Jackrabbit contains Cross-site Scripting

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-0026

vendor priority summary link
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0026

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0026

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache jackrabbit 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:jackrabbit:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache jackrabbit 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:jackrabbit:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0026

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