CVE-2005-3747 Mortbay Jetty Discloses JSP Source Code

What is CVE-2005-3747?

CVE-2005-3747 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Jetty before 5.1.6 allows remote attackers to obtain source code of JSP pages, possibly involving requests for .jsp files with URL-encoded backslash ("%5C") characters. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2006-2758.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3747?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.mortbay.jetty:jetty. It affects 1 product.

Products include Mortbay Jetty.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3747?

Upgrade org.mortbay.jetty:jetty to 5.1.6 or later.

Is CVE-2005-3747 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3747 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2009-4611 Improper input validation in Mort Bay Jetty High 7.5
• CVE-2009-5048 Cross-site scripting in n/a Medium 6.1
• CVE-2011-4461 Improper Input Validation in Jetty Medium 5.3
• CVE-2009-4609 Information disclosure in n/a Medium 5.0
• CVE-2009-1523 Directory traversal in Mort Bay Jetty Medium 5.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-cwq3-qp8v-w8q3.