CVE-2009-0039

Geronimo vulnerability

CVSS

6.8

EPSS

11.1%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the web administration console in Apache Geronimo Application Server 2.1 through 2.1.3 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change the web administration password, (2) upload applications, and perform unspecified other administrative actions, as demonstrated by (3) a Shutdown request to console/portal//Server/Shutdown.

Affected vendor

Apache

Affected product

Geronimo

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Published

2009-04-17

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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