Is CVE-2009-2696 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2696 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2696?

CVE-2009-2696 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-2696

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 5.0%EU EUVD

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jsp/cal/cal2.jsp in the calendar application in the examples web application in Apache Tomcat on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Desktop Workstation 5, and Linux Desktop 5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the time parameter, related to "invalid HTML." NOTE: this is due to a missing fix for CVE-2009-0781.

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: 5.0% (92th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-2688)
Published: August 5, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2688 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apache / tomcat
redhat / desktop workstation
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux desktop

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/40813(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0580.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1986
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616717(Issue Tracking)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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