CVE-2010-4647 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 5.7% (pctl 93)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Help Contents web application (aka the Help Server) in Eclipse IDE before 3.6.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string to (1) help/index.jsp or (2) help/advanced/content.jsp.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 5.71% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2011-01-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| eclipse | eclipse ide |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Eclipse 3.6.1 - Help Server 'help/index.jsp' Cross-Site Scripting | 2010-11-16 |
| exploit-db | Eclipse 3.6.1 - Help Server 'help/advanced/content.jsp' Cross-Site Scripting | 2010-11-16 |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052532.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052554.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/16
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/7
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:032
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0568.html
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/eclipse/%5Beclipse_help_server%5D_cross_site_scripting
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=329582
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64833
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052532.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052554.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/16
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/7
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:032
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0568.html
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/eclipse/%5Beclipse_help_server%5D_cross_site_scripting
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=329582
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64833
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