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medium 4.3

CVE-2010-4779 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/includes/auth.inc.php in the WPtouch plugin 1.9.19.4 and 1.9.20 for WordPress allows remote…

published 15y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-4744

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/includes/auth.inc.php in the WPtouch plugin 1.9.19.4 and 1.9.20 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the wptouch_settings parameter to include/adsense-new.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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Exploit prediction

1.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • osvdb.org http://osvdb.org/69538 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • htbridge.ch http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_in_wptouch_wordpress_plugin.html 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

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