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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVE-2009-4610

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in all versions of Mort Bay Jetty. This vulnerability allows 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/.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-79 - Cross Site Scripting

Cross-Site Scripting, commonly referred to as XSS, is the most dominant class of vulnerabilities. It allows an attacker to inject malicious code into a pregnable web application and victimize its users. The exploitation of such a weakness can cause severe issues such as account takeover, and sensitive data exfiltration. Because of the prevalence of XSS vulnerabilities and their high rate of exploitation, it has remained in the OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities for years.

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