CVE-2009-0038

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web administration console in Apache Geronimo Application Server 2.1 through 2.1.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name, (2) ip, (3) username, or (4) description parameter to console/portal/Server/Monitoring; or (5) the PATH_INFO to the default URI under console/portal/.

Published: 2009-04-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0038 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 18.00%, 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.

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-2009-0038

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32920 exploit_db edb 2009-04-16 Exploit-DB ↗
32921 exploit_db edb 2009-04-16 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0038

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 26.31% 18.00% -8.31%
2 2026-06-07 23.67% 26.31% +2.64%
3 2025-12-31 23.67%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0038

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-2009-0038

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2009-0038

GHSA-c372-x57p-6x7v · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Apache Geronimo Application Server multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0038

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache geronimo 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache geronimo 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache geronimo 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache geronimo 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0038

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