eclipse: Help Content web application vulnerable to multiple XSS flaws
Published Jan 13, 2011
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.90%
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Help Contents web application (aka the Help Server) in Eclipse IDE, possibly 3.3.2, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the searchWord parameter to help/advanced/searchView.jsp or (2) the workingSet parameter in an add action to help/advanced/workingSetManager.jsp, a different issue than CVE-2010-4647.
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
- 3.3.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
eclipse
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
eclipse
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | eclipse | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | eclipse | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.90% (0.01899) | 78.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.90% (0.01899) | 76.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.21% (0.00205) | 40.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00187) | 57.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 0.13% (0.00130) | 46.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00118) | 44.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00187) | 54.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.92% (0.01917) | 78.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.92% (0.01917) | 76.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.92% (0.01917) | 55.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://r00tin.blogspot.com/2008/04/eclipse-local-web-server-exploitation.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-7271 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=223539 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=670944 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7271
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-7271
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://r00tin.blogspot.com/2008/04/eclipse-local-web-server-exploitation.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-7271 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=223539 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=670944 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7271 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-7271 |
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