Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the webapps-simple sample application for (1) Sun ONE Application Server 7.0 for Windows 2000/XP or (2) Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTTP request that generates an "Invalid JSP file" error, which inserts the text in the resulting error message.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Exploit-DB 1
- Sun ONE Application Server 7.0 - Error Message Cross-Site Scripting EDB-22665 · remote · May 27, 2003 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://www.spidynamics.com/sunone_alert.html
- 55221 vendor-advisory
- 201009 vendor-advisory
- sunone-http-error-xss(12095) vdb-entry
- 57605 vendor-advisory
- N-103 third-party-advisory government-resource
- 20030526 Multiple Vulnerabilities in Sun-One Application Server mailing-list
- 7710 vdb-entry
- 1000610 vendor-advisory