TI-2009-03416 Aliases CVE-2009-3579 GHSA-hw4x-hf25-fgp2

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the CookieDump.java sample application in…

LOW 22CWE-79Published 2009-10-07 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Partial · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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/.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01109 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.19:::::::*	6.1.19	Vulnerable	Mortbay
cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.20:::::::*	6.1.20	Vulnerable	Mortbay

cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.1.19 Vulnerable ·Mortbay
cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.1.20 Vulnerable ·Mortbay

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-3579
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hw4x-hf25-fgp2

References

Exploit 1

http://www.coresecurity.com/content/jetty-persistent-xss

Other 1

http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack-jetty6x7x/jetty-adv.txt

TI-2009-01444 Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP server in Mort Bay Jetty 5.1.14, 6.x before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
TI-2009-04367 Mort Bay Jetty 6.x through 6.1.22 and 7.0.0 writes backtrace data without sanitizing… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2011-03863 Jetty 8.1.0.RC2 and earlier computes hash values for form parameters without restricting… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2009-04803 WebApp JSP Snoop page XSS in jetty though 6.1.21. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2009-04802 Cookie Dump Servlet stored XSS vulnerability in jetty though 6.1.20. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2005-03541 Unspecified vulnerability in Jetty before 5.1.6 allows remote attackers to obtain source… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

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Sources

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