Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ThemeServlet.java in Sun Woodstock 4.2, as used in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a UTF-7 string in the PATH_INFO, which is displayed on the 404 error page, as demonstrated by the PATH_INFO to theme/META-INF.
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.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Woodstock 4.2 404 - Error Page Cross-Site Scripting EDB-32987 · remote · May 5, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- [dev] 20090319 [DSECRG] Sun Glassfish Multiple Security Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 34829 vdb-entry
- [dev] 20090411 Re: [DSECRG] Sun Glassfish Multiple Security Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 20090505 [DSECRG-09-038] Sun Glassfish Woodstock Project - Linked XSS Vulnerability mailing-list
- 35006 third-party-advisory
- 54220 vdb-entry
- woodstock-404page-xss(50336) vdb-entry
- [cvs] 20090321 CVS update: /woodstock/webui/src/runtime/com/sun/webui/theme/ThemeServlet.java mailing-list
- http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=138