CVE-2009-1088 — Hannon Hill Cascade Server 5.7 and other versions allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary programs or Java code via a crafted XSLT stylesheet with "extension elements and extension functions" that trigger code execution by Xalan-Java, as demonstrated using xalan://java.lang.Runtime

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Hannon Hill Cascade Server 5.7 and other versions allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary programs or Java code via a crafted XSLT stylesheet with "extension elements and extension functions" that trigger code execution by Xalan-Java, as demonstrated using xalan://java.lang.Runtime

Published Mar 25, 2009

9.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 11.97%

Description

Hannon Hill Cascade Server 5.7 and other versions allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary programs or Java code via a crafted XSLT stylesheet with "extension elements and extension functions" that trigger code execution by Xalan-Java, as demonstrated using xalan://java.lang.Runtime.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

11.97% 0.11970

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.11970

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 (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	11.97% (0.11970)	96.01th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	11.97% (0.11970)	95.57th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
May 15, 2026	9.43% (0.09434)	92.89th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Oct 20, 2025	8.02% (0.08019)	91.66th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	3.76% (0.03757)	87.24th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.82% (0.01817)	88.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 13, 2023	1.82% (0.01817)	86.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 28, 2023	2.05% (0.02053)	87.24th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.85% (0.01846)	86.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.26% (0.06262)	90.76th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.26% (0.06262)	89.90th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.26% (0.06262)	77.75th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-94

Code Injection

References (5)

http://support.hannonhill.com/browse/CSCD-4753
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501981/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34186
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49332
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8247
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://support.hannonhill.com/browse/CSCD-4753		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501981/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34186		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49332		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8247		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 25, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 25, 2009

Link CVE-2009-1088

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-1088

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-1088