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CVE-2010-4183

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4183 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in HTML Purifier versions prior to 4.1.0, specifically when used with Internet Explorer. Attackers could inject arbitrary web script or HTML through specially crafted CSS properties like background-image, background, or font-family. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, requiring network access and no authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, readily available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:htmlpurifier:htmlpurifier:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 13th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ezyang/htmlpurifierFixed in: 4.1.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-3p68-m5qw-9g9wmedium

HTML Purifier cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

May 13, 2022

References

htmlpurifier.org / news/2010/0915-4.2.0-released
Vendor Advisory
htmlpurifier.org / security/2010/css-quoting