CVE-2010-4524

Exp

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: 2011-01-03 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-4524 is rated Exploit Available (58.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.16%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-4524

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-4524

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 1.60% 1.16% -0.44%
2 2025-03-29 1.16% 1.60% +0.44%
3 2025-03-19 — 1.16% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-4524

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-2010-4524

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-4524

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2010-4524 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mhonarc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4524
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-4524 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mhonarc), 13 status rows across 13 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream): ignored 10, DNE 1, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4524

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-4524

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mhonarc mhonarc 2.6.16 cpe:2.3:a:mhonarc:mhonarc:2.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-4524

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