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CVE-2009-1523

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1523 is a directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP server of Mort Bay Jetty versions 5.1.14, 6.x before 6.1.17, and 7.x through 7.0.0.M2. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to access arbitrary files by manipulating URIs with directory traversal sequences. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it has a low attack complexity and can lead to information disclosure, but does not impact integrity or availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.1.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 7.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:*:m2:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
25.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18138 · Nov 21, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2580 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 23,684 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.mortbay.jetty:jettyFixed in: 6.1.17
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.mortbay.jetty:jettyFixed in: 7.0.0.M2

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-9986-w5h5-vw59medium

Directory traversal in Mort Bay Jetty

May 2, 2022
redhatCVE-2009-1523Moderate

: multiple vulnerabilities in jetty

Apr 28, 2009

References

itrc.hp.com / service/cki/docDisplay.do
jira.codehaus.org / browse/JETTY-1004
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/34975
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35143
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35225
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35776
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/40553
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01257.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01259.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01262.html
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/402580
US Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/CRDY-7RKQCY
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2009-091332.html
securityfocus.com / bid/34800
securityfocus.com / bid/35675
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1900
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1792
Vendor Advisory