CVE-2009-2705

CA SiteMinder - XSS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-2705. PoCs published by Arshan Dabirsiaghi.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a security-bypass vulnerability in Computer Associates SiteMinder due to improper input validation, allowing attackers to bypass XSS protections. The example URL demonstrates a potential exploit vector using a specific encoding technique.

Description

CA SiteMinder allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protections for J2EE applications via a request containing non-canonical, "overlong Unicode" in place of blacklisted characters.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Arshan Dabirsiaghi · textwebappsjava
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33181

The provided text describes a security-bypass vulnerability in Computer Associates SiteMinder due to improper input validation, allowing attackers to bypass XSS protections. The example URL demonstrates a potential exploit vector using a specific encoding technique.

Classification
Writeup 80%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Computer Associates SiteMinder (version unspecified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a vulnerable SiteMinder instance
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
URL Repurposed x_refsource_misc
http://i8jesus.com/?p=55

Scores

EPSS 0.0396
EPSS Percentile 89.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (2)
broadcom/siteminder
sun/j2ee
Published Aug 11, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026