Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting mhonarc package, versions <2.6.18-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.8% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-MHONARC-1553825
  • published3 Jan 2011
  • disclosed3 Jan 2011

Introduced: 3 Jan 2011

CVE-2010-4524  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 mhonarc to version 2.6.18-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mhonarc package and not the mhonarc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/mhtxthtml.pl in MHonArc 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a malformed start tag and end tag for a SCRIPT element, as demonstrated by <scr<body>ipt> and </scr<body>ipt> sequences.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1