Analyst readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This old issue affects default Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server configurations that allow the HTTP TRACE method. TRACE can expose sensitive browser-supplied information when combined with a separate cross-site scripting flaw. Business risk is mainly legacy internet-facing infrastructure running unsupported web server versions.
Executive priority
Treat this as a legacy exposure cleanup item with higher priority for internet-facing systems. It is not sourced as actively exploited, but affected servers are old and may indicate broader unsupported infrastructure risk.
Technical view
CVE-2004-2763 covers Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP1-SP12 and 6.0 SP1-SP5 responding to HTTP TRACE by default. The cited impact is cross-site tracing, where TRACE can assist information theft in applications already vulnerable to cross-site scripting. CVSS and CWE data are not provided.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in legacy Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server deployments, especially public-facing systems or old internal applications that still use default HTTP method handling. Modern platforms are not listed as affected in the provided sources.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show active exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV. Exploitation depends on TRACE being enabled and an application context vulnerable to cross-site scripting, so this is a chained web exposure rather than a standalone server compromise.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE description and public references. The affected range is specific, but severity scoring, CWE mapping, exploit observations, and definitive patch details are not present in the supplied bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Sun ONE/iPlanet Web Server 4.1 and 6.0 deployments.
- Check vendor guidance for supported configuration changes or upgrades.
- Disable HTTP TRACE where vendor guidance and application compatibility allow.
- Prioritize retirement or isolation of unsupported legacy web servers.
- Remediate cross-site scripting issues in hosted applications.
Validation and detection
- Confirm affected product versions and service-pack levels from asset records.
- Use approved scanning to determine whether HTTP TRACE is accepted.
- Review external attack surface results for legacy Sun ONE/iPlanet servers.
- Check application security findings for unresolved cross-site scripting.
- Re-test after configuration changes to confirm TRACE is blocked.
Public sources used
Based on public source material and reviewed before publication.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- VU#867593CVE reference · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
- 50603CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.cgisecurity.com/whitehat-mirror/WH-WhitePaper_XST_ebook.pdfCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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