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title: CVE-2010-2479
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2479
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# CVE-2010-2479

Publication date 6 July 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mahara | 10.10 maverick | Fixed 1.2.5-2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 1.1.5-1ubuntu0.3 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.0.9-2ubuntu0.7 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| php-htmlpurifier | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 4.0.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2479#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| mahara | * Upstream:   <http://repo.or.cz/w/htmlpurifier.git/commitdiff/18e538317a877a0509ae71a860429c41770da230> * Debdiff:   <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mahara/+bug/602772> |
| php-htmlpurifier | * Upstream:   <http://repo.or.cz/w/htmlpurifier.git/commitdiff/18e538317a877a0509ae71a860429c41770da230> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2479)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2479)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2479)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2479)

### Other references

* <http://htmlpurifier.org/news/2010/0531-4.1.1-released>
* <http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.2.5>
* <http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.1.9>
* <http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.0.15>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2479>