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CVE-2010-4978

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4978 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the image/view.php component of CANDID, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the image_id parameter. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and requires no authentication, potentially leading to information disclosure or defacement. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-34220) confirms the existence of exploit code, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nicholas_berry:candid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-34220 · Jun 29, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0147 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityreason.com / securityalert/8493
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/59943
packetstormsecurity.com / 1006-exploits/candid-sql.txt
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/41216
Exploit