CVE-2009-2898

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Alerts list feature in the web interface in SpringSource Hyperic HQ 3.2.x before 3.2.6.1, 4.0.x before 4.0.3.1, 4.1.x before 4.1.2.1, and 4.2-beta1; Application Management Suite (AMS) 2.0.0.SR3; and tc Server 6.0.20.B allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2009-10-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-2898 is rated Exploit Available (56.9/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.27%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2009-2898

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
10013 exploit_db edb 2009-10-02 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2898

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 2026-01-03 1.05% 1.27% +0.22%
2 2025-03-30 0.54% 1.05% +0.51%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.54% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2898

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-2898

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2898

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
springsource application_management_suite 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:application_management_suite:2.0.0:sr3:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:3.2:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 3.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 3.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:3.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource hyperic_hq 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:hyperic_hq:4.2:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource tc_server 6.0.20 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:tc_server:6.0.20:b:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2898

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