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CVE-2009-0038

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0038 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web administration console of Apache Geronimo Application Server versions 2.1 through 2.1.3. Attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML through various parameters or the PATH_INFO to specific URIs within the console. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity, requiring no authentication, and resulting in partial integrity impact. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:geronimo:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
18.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32920 · Apr 16, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1800 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.geronimo.plugins:consoleFixed in: 2.1.4

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-c372-x57p-6x7vmedium

Apache Geronimo Application Server multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities

May 2, 2022

References

dsecrg.com / pages/vul/show.php
Exploit
geronimo.apache.org / 21x-security-report.html
PatchVendor Advisory
issues.apache.org / jira/browse/GERONIMO-4597
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/34715
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502734/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/34562
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1089