CVE-2009-4612

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the WebApp JSP Snoop page in Mort Bay Jetty 6.1.x through 6.1.21 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to the default URI under (1) jspsnoop/, (2) jspsnoop/ERROR/, and (3) jspsnoop/IOException/, and possibly the PATH_INFO to (4) snoop.jsp.

Published: 2010-01-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4612 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.13%). Core evidence: 2 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-2009-4612

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33564 exploit_db edb 2009-10-24 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4612

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 2025-09-21 0.30% 0.13% -0.17%
2 2025-03-30 0.38% 0.30% -0.08%
3 2025-03-29 0.38%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4612

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-2009-4612

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-4612

vendor priority summary link
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4612
ubuntu low CVE-2009-4612 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jetty), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, upstream): not-affected 4, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4612

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4612

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:pre0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.1:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:pre0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.4:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.5:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.6:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.15:pre0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.16 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4612

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