CVE-2009-2820

Apple Mac OS X < 10.6.1 - XSS

Title source: rule

Description

The web interface in CUPS before 1.4.2, as used on Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 and other platforms, does not properly handle (1) HTTP headers and (2) HTML templates, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and HTTP response splitting attacks via vectors related to (a) the product's web interface, (b) the configuration of the print system, and (c) the titles of printed jobs, as demonstrated by an XSS attack that uses the kerberos parameter to the admin program, and leverages attribute injection and HTTP Parameter Pollution (HPP) issues.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Aaron Sigel · textremotemultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10001

Scores

EPSS 0.0199
EPSS Percentile 83.5%

Classification

CWE
CWE-79
Status published

Affected Products (50)

apple/mac_os_x < 10.6.1
apple/mac_os_x
apple/mac_os_x
apple/mac_os_x
apple/mac_os_x
apple/mac_os_x
apple/mac_os_x
apple/mac_os_x
apple/mac_os_x
apple/mac_os_x
apple/mac_os_x
apple/mac_os_x
apple/mac_os_x
apple/mac_os_x
apple/mac_os_x
... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Nov 10, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026