CVE-2010-2088

Exp

ASP.NET in Microsoft .NET 3.5 does not properly handle an unencrypted view state, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against the form control via the __VIEWSTATE parameter.

Published: 2010-05-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2088 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.00%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-2088

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2088

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 11.94% 9.00% -2.94%
2 2025-03-30 16.18% 11.94% -4.24%
3 2025-03-29 16.18%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2088

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2088

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2088

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft asp.net 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:asp.net:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2088

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