MEDIUM
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/mhtxthtml.pl in MHonArc 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a malformed start tag and end tag for a SCRIPT element, as demonstrated by <scr<body>ipt> and </scr<body>ipt> sequences
Published Jan 3, 2011
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.70%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/mhtxthtml.pl in MHonArc 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a malformed start tag and end tag for a SCRIPT element, as demonstrated by <scr<body>ipt> and </scr<body>ipt> sequences.
Affected products
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.
2.70% 0.02700
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02700
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 | 2.70% (0.02700) | 85.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.70% (0.02700) | 83.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.73% (0.00726) | 70.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00326) | 71.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00326) | 70.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 20, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00326) | 67.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.33% (0.00332) | 66.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (13)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607693 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.mandriva.com/security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.php vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/21/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/21/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/22/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/22/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?32013 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42694 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.mail-archive.com/mhonarc-dev%40mhonarc.org/msg01296.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45528 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3344 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0067 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664718 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jan 3, 2011
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 9, 2010
Link CVE-2010-4524
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a