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CVE-2002-1533 Jetty

Affected softwareJetty
Severity5.8 Medium CVSS 2.0
Fixed in4.1.1
WeaknessCWE-80
Published31 Mar 2003
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jetty JSP servlet engine allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary HTML or script via an HTTP request to a .jsp file whose name contains the malicious script and some encoded linefeed characters (%0a).

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2002-09-28.
  • EPSS 2.4% chance in 30 days
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Jetty 4.1 Servlet Engine - Cross-Site Scripting 2002-09-28

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read
Finding This CVE affects an open-source Java library published on Maven Central (Maven packages: org.mortbay.jetty:jetty), so it is squarely in ARMR's territory and the source needed to understand the defect is public. That makes it a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the diff between the affected and fixed versions has not been read, and a closer look may find no hook point ARMR can act on.

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.mortbay.jetty:jetty 0 4.1.1 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd jetty jetty generic 4.1.0_rc4
osv org.mortbay.jetty jetty generic < 4.1.1

References

URLTags
https://web.archive.org/web/20040705203137/http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/10219 WEB
https://web.archive.org/web/20041213153950/http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0337.html WEB
https://web.archive.org/web/20061020173202/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5821 WEB
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0337.html Exploit
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10219.php Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5821 Exploit, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published2003-03-31By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.