CVE-2010-4569

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Bugzilla 3.7.1, 3.7.2, 3.7.3, and 4.0rc1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the real name field of a user account, related to the AutoComplete widget in YUI.

Published: 2011-01-28 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-4569 is rated Moderate Risk (44.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.72%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.12% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-4569

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 0.60% 1.72% +1.12%
2 2026-03-02 0.73% 0.60% -0.13%
3 2025-03-30 0.73%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-4569

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-2010-4569

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-4569

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2010-4569: 1 GLSA(s) (201110-03), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/bugzilla); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-4569
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-4569 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (bugzilla), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, upstream): not-affected 5, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4569

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-4569

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla bugzilla 3.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 3.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:3.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-4569

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