What is CVE-2004-2763?

CVE-2004-2763 is a vulnerability in Sun Iplanet Web Server, classified under CWE-16. Published 2009-06-01.

Is CVE-2004-2763 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Sun Iplanet Web Server

CVE-2004-2763

The default configuration of Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP1 through SP12 and 6.0 SP1 through SP5 responds to the HTTP TRACE request, which can allow remote attackers to steal information using cross-site tracing (XST) attacks in applications that are vulnerable to cross-site scripting.

Published 2009-06-01 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (81.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sun Iplanet Web Server — versions 4.1, 6.0
Sun One Web Server — versions 4.1, 6.0, 6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-16

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/867593 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/uniras/2004/02/msg00007.html (vendor-advisory)
www.cgisecurity.com/whitehat-mirror/WH-WhitePaper_XST_ebook.pdf (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2004-2763?: CVE-2004-2763 is a vulnerability in Sun Iplanet Web Server, classified under CWE-16. Published 2009-06-01.
Is CVE-2004-2763 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.