Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mort Bay Jetty 6.x and 7.0.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mort Bay Jetty 6.x and 7.0.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the query string to jsp/dump.jsp in the JSP Dump feature, or the (2) Name or (3) Value parameter to the default URI for the Session Dump Servlet under session/.
- Published
- Jan 13, 2010
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 3.0% · 87th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
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Action score
18
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 3.0%
Noroxi analysis
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| mortbay | jetty | cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- mortbay jetty6.0.0
- mortbay jetty6.0.1
- mortbay jetty6.0.2
- mortbay jetty6.1.0
- mortbay jetty6.1.1
- mortbay jetty6.1.10
- mortbay jetty6.1.11
- mortbay jetty6.1.12
- mortbay jetty6.1.14
- mortbay jetty6.1.15
- mortbay jetty6.1.16
- mortbay jetty6.1.19
- mortbay jetty6.1.2
- mortbay jetty6.1.20
- mortbay jetty6.1.3
- mortbay jetty6.1.4
- mortbay jetty6.1.5
- mortbay jetty6.1.6
- mortbay jetty6.1.7
- mortbay jetty6.1.8
Same product
mortbay: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2009-4611Mort Bay Jetty 6.x through 6.1.22 and 7.0.0 writes backtrace data without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote atta31Monitor
- CVE-2009-1523Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP server in Mort Bay Jetty 5.1.14, 6.x before 6.1.17, and 7.x through 7.0.0.M2 allows remote att28Monitor
- CVE-2009-5049WebApp JSP Snoop page XSS in jetty though 6.1.21.24Monitor
- CVE-2009-5048Cookie Dump Servlet stored XSS vulnerability in jetty though 6.1.20.24Monitor
- CVE-2009-4609The Dump Servlet in Mort Bay Jetty 6.x and 7.0.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about internal variables and other 21Monitor
- CVE-2005-3747Unspecified vulnerability in Jetty before 5.1.6 allows remote attackers to obtain source code of JSP pages, possibly involving requests for 21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
Proof of concept available
A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.
Evidence
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | webapps | 2009-10-26 |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- First PoC-80 d
- Published
- TodaySep 30, 2026+6104 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.