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CVE-2010-3906 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gitweb 1.7.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via t…

published 2010-12-17 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-3884

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.6%
EPSS 5.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gitweb 1.7.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) f and (2) fp parameters.

Patch / fix

  • git Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.7.2.3-2.2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3906

  • git RHEL 6 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1
  • gitk RHEL 6 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1
  • gitweb RHEL 6 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1
  • git-all RHEL 6 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1
  • git-cvs RHEL 6 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1
  • git-gui RHEL 6 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1
  • git-svn RHEL 6 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1
  • perl-Git RHEL 6 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:1003

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-3906 updated cvss 4.3

(gitweb): XSS due to missing escaping of HTML element attributes

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) git 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, gitk 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, gitweb 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, git-all 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, git-cvs 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, git-gui 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) git 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, gitk 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, gitweb 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, git-all 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, git-cvs 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, git-gui 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) git 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, perl-Git 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) git 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, gitk 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, gitweb 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, git-all 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, git-cvs 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, git-gui 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) git 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, perl-Git 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) git 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, gitk 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, gitweb 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, git-all 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, git-cvs 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, git-gui 1.7.1-2.el6_0.1, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:1003

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-15744)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

5.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-15744 gitWeb 1.7.3.3 - Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2010-12-15
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45439 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

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.