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CVE-2010-2086

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-05-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Apache MyFaces 1.1.7 and 1.2.8, as used in IBM WebSphere Application Server and other applications, does not properly handle an unencrypted view state, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or execute arbitrary Expression Language (EL) statements via vectors that involve modifying the serialized view object.

Affected products

• Apache Myfaces: 1.1.7, 1.2.8

References

• http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-10/Byrne_David/BlackHat-DC-2010-Byrne-SGUI-slides.pdf
• https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2010-001.txt
• http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-10/Byrne_David/BlackHat-DC-2010-Byrne-SGUI-slides.pdf
• https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2010-001.txt

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