CVE-2009-0796

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 29.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-04-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Status.pm in Apache::Status and Apache2::Status in mod_perl1 and mod_perl2 for the Apache HTTP Server, when /perl-status is accessible, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URI.

Affected products

Apache Mod Perl: 1, 2

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34597
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021508.1-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021709.1-1
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/perl/modperl/branches/1.x/lib/Apache/Status.pm?r1=177851&r2=761081&pathrev=761081&diff_format=h
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=761081
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/modperl/modperl-cvs/99477#99477
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/modperl/modperl/99475#99475
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:091
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502709/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34383

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