Jetty 9.4.21 < 9.4.24 Cross-Site Scripting

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 113004

Synopsis

Jetty 9.4.21 < 9.4.24 Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The version of Jetty installed on the remote host when generating default unhandled Error response content (in text/html and text/json Content-Type) does not escape Exception messages in stacktraces included in error output. Note that the scanner has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Jetty version 9.4.24 or later.

See Also

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=553443

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 113004

Type: remote

Published: 10/4/2021

Updated: 3/14/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17632

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17632

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17632