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CVE-2009-1729

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1729 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sun Java System Communications Express versions 6 2005Q4 and 6.3. Specifically, these flaws allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the 'abperson_displayName' parameter in the Personal Address Book component or the 'temporaryCalendars' parameter in 'UWCMain'. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), successful exploitation requires medium attack complexity and could lead to information disclosure or defacement, though it does not impact confidentiality or availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, indicating the potential for exploitation, yet there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_communications_express:6.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_communications_express:6.3:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_communications_express:6.2:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_communications_express:6.3:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_communications_express:6.2:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32863 · May 20, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0533 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 54609
osvdb.org / 54610
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2009/May/0177.html
secunia.com / advisories/32474
securitytracker.com / alerts/2009/May/1022266.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50658
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
coresecurity.com / content/sun-communications-express
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/503675/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/34154
ExploitPatch
securityfocus.com / bid/34155
ExploitPatch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1389