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CVE-2010-2265

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2265 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in the GetServerName function within Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'svr' parameter. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, medium access complexity, and potential for partial integrity impact. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, and it can be leveraged with CVE-2010-1885 for arbitrary command execution. Despite exploit availability, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
20.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-34126 · Jun 10, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2099 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Vendor Patches (1)

microsoftvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0197.html
Exploit
blogs.technet.com / b/msrc/archive/2010/06/10/windows-help-vulnerability-disclosure.aspx
Vendor Advisory
blogs.technet.com / b/srd/archive/2010/06/10/help-and-support-center-vulnerability-full-disclosure-posting.aspx
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/40076
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/59267
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/578319
US Government Resource
microsoft.com / technet/security/advisory/2219475.mspx
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/511774/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/40721
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1417
Vendor Advisory