CVE-2010-2103

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in axis2-admin/axis2-admin/engagingglobally in the administration console in Apache Axis2/Java 1.4.1, 1.5.1, and possibly other versions, as used in SAP Business Objects 12, 3com IMC, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the modules parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2010-05-27 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2103 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 34.93%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +8.02% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2010-2103

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2103

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 26.90% 34.93% +8.02%
2 2026-04-11 21.77% 26.90% +5.13%
3 2025-04-12 21.77%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2103

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-2010-2103

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2010-2103

GHSA-23x8-j7hm-5xwf · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Apache Axis2

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2103

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2010-2103 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (axis), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2103
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2103
ubuntu low CVE-2010-2103 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (axis), 11 status rows across 11 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): ignored 5, not-affected 4, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2103

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2103

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache axis2 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache axis2 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2103

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