CVE-2010-3906 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Medium 4.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-3906 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2010-3906 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Dec 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-3906 exists.
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-2010-3906/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3906/index.md)
Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML into Gitweb via specific parameters, potentially compromising user sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-3906?
CVE-2010-3906 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Dec 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gitweb 1.7.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) f and (2) fp parameters.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3906?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
emacs-git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
emacs-git-el Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-all Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-cvs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-daemon Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-email Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-gui Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-svn Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
gitk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
gitweb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
perl-Git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
emacs-git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
emacs-git-el Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-all Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-cvs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-daemon Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-email Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-gui Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-svn Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
gitk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
gitweb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
perl-Git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
emacs-git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
emacs-git-el Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-all Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-cvs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-daemon Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-email Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-gui Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
git-svn Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
gitk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
gitweb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
perl-Git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
emacs-git Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.7.1-2.el6_0.1 |
Products include Git-Scm Git, Git Git.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3906?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2010-3906 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-3906 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3906, GHSA-3mrf-mhch-542p, RHSA-2010:1003.