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CVE-2010-2088

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-05-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

ASP.NET in Microsoft .NET 3.5 does not properly handle an unencrypted view state, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against the form control via the __VIEWSTATE parameter.

Affected products

• Microsoft Corporation ASP.NET: 3.5

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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