What is CVE-2010-2472?

CVE-2010-2472 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2010-2472?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Drupal

CVE-2010-2472

Locale module and dependent contributed modules in Drupal 6.x before 6.16 and 5.x before version 5.22 do not sanitize the display of language codes, native and English language names properly which could allow an attacker to perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the 'administer languages' permission.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (51.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Drupal
Drupal6 — versions 5.x before version 5.22, 6.x before version 6.16

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-2472?: CVE-2010-2472 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2010-2472?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.