Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/mhtxthtml.pl in MHonArc 2.6.16 allows…
Priority LOW 25CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Partial · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.027 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-4524
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r98c-rm5p-j4fw
References
Exploit 3
Advisory 2
Other 5
- ADV-2011-0067
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607693
- http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?32013
- [oss-security] 20101221 Re: CVE Request -- MHonArc: Improper escaping of certain HTML sequences (XSS)
- [mhonarc-dev] 20101230 [bug #32013] CVE-2010-4524: Improper escaping of certain HTML sequences (XSS)
More Mhonarc vulnerabilities
- TI-2002-00715 MHonArc 2.5.2 and earlier does not properly filter Javascript from archived e-mail… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2002-01242 Cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) in MHonArc 2.5.12 and earlier allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2010-01619 MHonArc 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2002-01311 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MHonArc before 2.5.14 allows remote attackers… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2010-4524 · CVE Program
- CVE-2010-4524 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r98c-rm5p-j4fw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2010-4524 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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