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.
CVE-2010-2479
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EG Risk
- 0EG Risk 0/100
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- EPSS
- 78.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 6, 2010
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (16)
- secalert@redhathttp://htmlpurifier.org/news/2010/0531-4.1.1-released
- secalert@redhathttp://repo.or.cz/w/htmlpurifier.git/commitdiff/18e538317a877a0509ae71a860429c41770da230
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/39613
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/40431
- secalert@redhathttp://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.0.15
- secalert@redhathttp://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.1.9
- secalert@redhathttp://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.2.5
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41259
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://htmlpurifier.org/news/2010/0531-4.1.1-released
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://repo.or.cz/w/htmlpurifier.git/commitdiff/18e538317a877a0509ae71a860429c41770da230
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/39613
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/40431
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.0.15
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.1.9
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.2.5
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Packagist(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ezyang/htmlpurifier | — | 4.1.1 | — |
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