CVE-2010-2265

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 21.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-06-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the GetServerName function in sysinfo/commonFunc.js in Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the svr parameter to sysinfo/sysinfomain.htm. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2010-1885 to execute arbitrary commands without user interaction.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0197.html
http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2010/06/10/windows-help-vulnerability-disclosure.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2010/06/10/help-and-support-center-vulnerability-full-disclosure-posting.aspx
http://secunia.com/advisories/40076
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/578319
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2219475.mspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511774/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40721
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1417
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59267
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0197.html
http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2010/06/10/windows-help-vulnerability-disclosure.aspx

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