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CVE-2010-4821 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyFAQ before 2.6.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PA…

published 14y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-4786

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.7%
EPSS 4.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyFAQ before 2.6.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to index.php.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-34785)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-34785 PHPMyFAQ 2.6.x - 'index.php' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2010-09-28
  • dl.packetstormsecurity.net http://dl.packetstormsecurity.net/1009-exploits/phpmyfaq268-xss.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2010/Sep/207 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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