CVE-2010-2479

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: 2010-07-06 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-2479 is rated Low Risk (38.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2479

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 2025-03-30 0.65% 0.47% -0.18%
2 2025-03-29 0.47% 0.65% +0.18%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.47% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2479

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-2010-2479

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2010-2479

GHSA-6rm6-mjmh-86jq · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — HTML Purifier Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2479

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-2479 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (php-htmlpurifier), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2479
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-2479 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (mahara, php-htmlpurifier), 14 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, upstream): released 8, DNE 5, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2479

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2479

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier <= 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier <= 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:*:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier <= 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:*:*:standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.4.0:*:strict:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.4.1:*:strict:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.5.0:*:strict:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.6.0:*:strict:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.6.1:*:strict:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.0.0:*:strict:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.0.1:*:strict:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.0:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.0:*:standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.0:*:strict:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.0:*:strict-lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.0:*:strict-standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.1:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.1:*:standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.1:*:strict:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.1:*:strict-lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.1:*:strict-standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.2:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.2:*:standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.2:*:strict:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.2:*:strict-lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.2:*:strict-standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.3:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.3:*:standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.3:*:strict:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.3:*:strict-lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.3:*:strict-standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.4:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.4:*:standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.5:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:2.1.5:*:standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.0.0:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.0.0:*:standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.1.0:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.1.0:*:standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.1.0:rc1:lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.1.0:rc1:standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.1.1:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.1.1:*:standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.2.0:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.2.0:*:standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.3.0:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:3.3.0:*:standalone:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:4.0.0:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:4.0.0:*:standalone:*:*:*:*:*
mahara mahara <= 1.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mahara mahara 0.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2479

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