CVE-2009-2959: Buildbot Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

CVE-2009-2959 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2009-08-25

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the waterfall web status view (status/web/waterfall.py) in Buildbot 0.7.6 through 0.7.11p1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Technologies: buildbot (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2009-2959 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2009-2959 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2009-2959?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 25 August 2009.
Which products and versions are affected?
buildbot (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.7.6,fixed=0.7.11p3, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.7.6,fixed=0.7.12.
Is there a fix for CVE-2009-2959?
Yes. buildbot (PyPI): upgrade to 0.7.11p3, 0.7.12 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2009-2959?
Check whether you run buildbot (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • buildbot (PyPI): upgrade to 0.7.11p3, 0.7.12 or later
    pip install "buildbot>=0.7.12"

Affected products

  • buildbot (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.7.6,fixed=0.7.11p3, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.7.6,fixed=0.7.12

Identifiers

  • CVE-2009-2959
  • GHSA-jqqh-999x-w26w
  • PYSEC-2009-1

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