MEDIUM
tomcat: XSS in Apache Tomcat calendar application
Published Mar 9, 2009
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 9.13%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jsp/cal/cal2.jsp in the calendar application in the examples web application in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the time parameter, related to "invalid HTML."
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.4
- 4.1.5
- 4.1.6
- 4.1.7
- 4.1.8
- 4.1.9
- 4.1.9
- 4.1.10
- 4.1.11
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- 4.1.14
- 4.1.15
- 4.1.16
- 4.1.17
- 4.1.18
- 4.1.19
- 4.1.20
- 4.1.21
- 4.1.22
- 4.1.23
- 4.1.24
- 4.1.25
- 4.1.26
- 4.1.27
- 4.1.28
- 4.1.29
- 4.1.30
- 4.1.31
- 4.1.32
- 4.1.33
- 4.1.34
- 4.1.35
- 4.1.36
- 4.1.37
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.1
- 5.5.2
- 5.5.3
- 5.5.4
- 5.5.5
- 5.5.6
- 5.5.7
- 5.5.8
- 5.5.9
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- 5.5.11
- 5.5.12
- 5.5.13
- 5.5.14
- 5.5.15
- 5.5.16
- 5.5.17
- 5.5.18
- 5.5.19
- 5.5.20
- 5.5.21
- 5.5.22
- 5.5.23
- 5.5.24
- 5.5.25
- 5.5.26
- 6.0
- 6.0.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.3
- 6.0.4
- 6.0.5
- 6.0.6
- 6.0.7
- 6.0.8
- 6.0.9
- 6.0.10
- 6.0.11
- 6.0.12
- 6.0.13
- 6.0.14
- 6.0.15
- 6.0.16
No data.
RHAPS Version 2 for RHEL 4
tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1562
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1164
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHAPS Version 2 for RHEL 4 | tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1562 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1164 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0781 The Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
9.13% 0.09125
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.09125
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (30 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 9.13% (0.09125) | 95.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9.13% (0.09125) | 94.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 22, 2025 | 37.30% (0.37304) | 96.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 25, 2025 | 28.84% (0.28843) | 96.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 20.82% (0.20823) | 95.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 24.97% (0.24972) | 93.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 20.16% (0.20162) | 95.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 9.83% (0.09833) | 94.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 28, 2024 | 17.65% (0.17650) | 96.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 17, 2024 | 27.69% (0.27691) | 96.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 12, 2024 | 21.61% (0.21606) | 96.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 6, 2024 | 16.16% (0.16160) | 96.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 2, 2024 | 14.32% (0.14322) | 95.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 18.45% (0.18450) | 96.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 14, 2024 | 26.92% (0.26921) | 96.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 7, 2024 | 24.47% (0.24471) | 96.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 28, 2023 | 24.41% (0.24412) | 96.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 18, 2023 | 12.82% (0.12822) | 94.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 7, 2023 | 10.16% (0.10159) | 94.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 27, 2023 | 2.41% (0.02411) | 88.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 27, 2023 | 2.14% (0.02142) | 87.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 12, 2023 | 1.37% (0.01367) | 84.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.09% (0.01093) | 82.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.34% (0.07344) | 92.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 7.34% (0.07344) | 92.29th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 5.24% (0.05242) | 89.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 7.34% (0.07344) | 92.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.34% (0.07344) | 91.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.34% (0.07344) | 80.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
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Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Mar 9, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 4, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0781
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-J788-FX57-99WP Updated n/a