MEDIUM
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in HTML Purifier before 4.1.1, as used in Mahara and other products, when the browser is Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors
Published Jul 6, 2010
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.01%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in HTML Purifier before 4.1.1, as used in Mahara and other products, when the browser is Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- ≤ 4.1.0
- ≤ 4.1.0
- ≤ 4.1.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.2.0
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.1
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.1
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.1
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.5
- 2.1.5
- 2.1.5
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.1
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.0
- 3.3.0
- 3.3.0
- 3.3.0
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.0
Configuration 2
OR
- ≤ 1.0.14
- 0.9.0
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.0.10
- 1.0.11
- 1.0.12
- 1.0.13
Configuration 3
OR
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
Configuration 4
OR
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
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.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.01% 0.02008
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02008
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 | 2.01% (0.02008) | 80.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.01% (0.02008) | 78.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.47% (0.00467) | 62.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00282) | 69.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00282) | 67.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00282) | 63.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://htmlpurifier.org/news/2010/0531-4.1.1-released x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://repo.or.cz/w/htmlpurifier.git/commitdiff/18e538317a877a0509ae71a860429c41770da230 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39613 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40431 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.0.15 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.1.9 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.2.5 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41259 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/ezyang/htmlpurifier/CVE-2010-2479.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6rm6-mjmh-86jq Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2479
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://htmlpurifier.org/news/2010/0531-4.1.1-released | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://repo.or.cz/w/htmlpurifier.git/commitdiff/18e538317a877a0509ae71a860429c41770da230 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/39613 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/40431 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.0.15 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.1.9 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.2.5 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41259 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/ezyang/htmlpurifier/CVE-2010-2479.yaml | ||
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6rm6-mjmh-86jq | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2479 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jul 6, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 28, 2010
Link CVE-2010-2479
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-6RM6-MJMH-86JQ Updated n/a