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php-htmlpurifier — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2479

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in HTML Purifier before 4.1.1, as used in Mahara and other products, when the browser is Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Products
php-htmlpurifier
Affected versions
3.3.0-1, 4.0.0+dfsg1-1, 4.0.0-1, 4.0.0-2, 4.1.0+dfsg1-1
Fixed versions
4.1.1+dfsg1-1
CVEs
CVE-2010-2479
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 22:29 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2479

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Jul 2010, 17:17 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in HTML Purifier before 4.1.1, as used in Mahara and other products, when the browser is Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2479

php-htmlpurifier

Fixed versions: 4.1.1+dfsg1-1

php-htmlpurifier

Fixed versions: 4.1.1+dfsg1-1

Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:22.507428607Z",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 416591,
  "published_at": "2010-07-06T17:17:14.717+00:00"
}