BREW-MHONARC-CVE-2010-4524 (CVE-2010-4524)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 09:48 – Updated: 2026-08-13 09:48 – Source website
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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 <script> and </script> sequences.

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  "modified": "2026-08-13T09:48:05Z",
  "published": "2026-08-13T09:48:05Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/42694"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3344"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0067"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/21/4"
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      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/22/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664718"
    },
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      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/21/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/22/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
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    {
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      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664718"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607693"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.mandriva.com/security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.php"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/21/7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?32013"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.mail-archive.com/mhonarc-dev%40mhonarc.org/msg01296.html"
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