CVE-2009-1635
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the WebAccess component in Novell GroupWise 7.x before 7.03 HP3 and 8.x before 8.0 HP2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the User.lang parameter to the login page (aka gw/webacc), (2) style expressions in a message that contains an HTML file, or (3) vectors associated with incorrect protection mechanisms against scripting, as demonstrated using whitespace between JavaScript event names and values.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1630)
- Published
- May 22, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1630 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- novell / groupwise
- novell / groupwise
- novell / groupwise
- novell / groupwise
- novell / groupwise
- novell / groupwise
- novell / groupwise
- novell / groupwise
- novell / groupwise
- novell / groupwise
- novell / groupwise
- novell / groupwise
- novell / groupwise
- novell / groupwise
- novell / groupwise
References
- http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0905-exploits/groupwise-xss.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35177
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022267
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=7003271(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7003267&sliceId=1
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7003268&sliceId=1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503700/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503885/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35061
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35066
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1393
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472987
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474500
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484942
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50672
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50689
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50691
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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