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CVE-2009-2897

Published: Oct 13, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
2.4%
Top 17.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in hq/web/common/GenericError.jsp in the generic exception handler in the web interface in SpringSource Hyperic HQ 3.2.x before 3.2.6.1, 4.0.x before 4.0.3.1, 4.1.x before 4.1.2.1, and 4.2-beta1; Application Management Suite (AMS) 2.0.0.SR3; and tc Server 6.0.20.B allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via invalid values for numerical parameters, as demonstrated by an uncaught java.lang.NumberFormatException exception resulting from (1) the typeId parameter to mastheadAttach.do, (2) the eid parameter to Resource.do, and (3) the u parameter in a view action to admin/user/UserAdmin.do. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

application management suitespringsource
On-prem
OSS Libraries / web-framework
hyperic hqspringsource
On-prem
OSS Libraries / web-framework
tc serverspringsource
On-prem
OSS Libraries / web-framework
n/an/a
springsourcecommercialOSS Librariesaka spring source, springsource

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=Wiki&action=view&type=advisory&name=Hyperic_HQ_Multiple_XSS
corelabs.coresecurity.com
http://forums.hyperic.com/jiveforums/thread.jspa?messageID=22156&#22156
forums.hyperic.com
http://jira.hyperic.com/browse/HHQ-2655
jira.hyperic.com
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Timeline

Published
Oct 13, 2009
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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