CVE-2009-3579

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the CookieDump.java sample application in Mort Bay Jetty 6.1.19 and 6.1.20 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Value parameter in a GET request to cookie/.

Published: 2009-10-07 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-3579 is rated Exploit Available (54.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.11%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-3579

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3579

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 0.13% 1.11% +0.98%
2 2025-11-18 0.33% 0.13% -0.20%
3 2025-09-25 — 0.33% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3579

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-2009-3579

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-3579

vendor priority summary link
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3579
ubuntu negligible CVE-2009-3579 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jetty), 10 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): ignored 5, not-affected 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3579

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3579

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mortbay jetty 6.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3579

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