# CVE-2010-1227: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script via the message subject field, potentially leading to account takeover or CSRF attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Apr 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7cq2-3gxx-7647

## What is CVE-2010-1227?

CVE-2010-1227 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Apr 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Sun Java System Communications Express 6.2 and 6.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the subject field of a message, as demonstrated by a subject containing an IMG element with a SRC attribute that performs a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack involving the cmd and argv parameters to cmd.msc.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1227?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sun Java System Communications Express.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-1227?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-1227 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-1227 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1227 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2005-3472](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3472/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2010-4456](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4456/): Other in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2009-1729](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1729/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2009-0877](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0877/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-1227 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-1227 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Apr 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1227 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1227/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1227/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1227
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1227
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-1227

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1227/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.