CVE-2010-4183

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in HTML Purifier before 4.1.0, when Internet Explorer is used, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted (1) background-image, (2) background, or (3) font-family Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) property, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2479.

Published: 2010-11-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-4183 is rated Low Risk (37/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.90%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-4183

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 0.26% 0.90% +0.64%
2 2025-03-30 0.55% 0.26% -0.28%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.55% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-4183

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-2010-4183

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2010-4183

GHSA-3p68-m5qw-9g9w · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — HTML Purifier cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-4183

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-4183 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-2010-4183
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-4183 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (php-htmlpurifier), 12 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): not-affected 7, DNE 2, ignored 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4183

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-4183

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier <= 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:lite:*:*:*:*:*
htmlpurifier htmlpurifier 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:4.0.0:*:standalone:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-4183

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