Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in K-Search allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the te…

published 2010-06-25 16y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-2466

cvss: 4.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in K-Search allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the term parameter.

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Timeline

2010-06-22 First public exploit (EDB-13993)
2010-06-25 Published

Exploit prediction

1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-13993 K-Search - SQL Injection / Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2010-06-22
securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41057 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/13993
exploit
securityfocus.com /bid/41057
vdb-entry, exploit
secunia.com /advisories/17719
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
osvdb.org /65806
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2010-2457
NVD CVE-2010-2457

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