CVE-2008-5266

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in configuration/httpListenerEdit.jsf in the GlassFish 2 UR2 b04 webadmin interface in Sun Java System Application Server 9.1_01 build b09d-fcs and 9.1_02 build b04-fcs allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter, a different vector than CVE-2008-2751.

Affected products

Oracle Corporation GlassFish Server: 2.0
Sun Java System Application Server: 9.1_01-b09d-fcs, 9.1_02-b04-fcs

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30604
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4659
http://webappsecurity.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/xss-glassfish-web-admin-interface-sun-java-system-application/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493243/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29646
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47029
http://secunia.com/advisories/30604
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4659
http://webappsecurity.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/xss-glassfish-web-admin-interface-sun-java-system-application/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493243/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29646
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47029

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