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CVE-2010-1584

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Context module before 6.x-2.0-rc4 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users, with Administer Blocks privileges, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a block description.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-1584 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from steven_jones, from drupal organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-05-19T12:08:08.193

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	steven_jones	context	≤ 6.x-2.0	Yes
Application	steven_jones	context	6.x-2.0	Yes
Application	steven_jones	context	6.x-2.0	Yes
Application	steven_jones	context	6.x-2.0	Yes
Application	steven_jones	context	6.x-2.0	Yes
Application	steven_jones	context	6.x-2.0	Yes
Application	steven_jones	context	6.x-2.0	Yes
Application	steven_jones	context	6.x-2.0	Yes
Application	steven_jones	context	6.x-2.0	Yes
Application	steven_jones	context	6.x-2.0	Yes
Application	steven_jones	context	6.x-2.0	Yes
Application	steven_jones	context	6.x-2.0	Yes
Application	drupal	drupal	*	No

References

http://crackingdrupal.com/blog/greggles/mitigation-against-cve-2010-1584-drupal-context-module-xss ([email protected])
http://drupal.org/cvs?commit=365210 ([email protected])
http://drupal.org/node/794718 ([email protected])
http://drupal.org/node/795118 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.madirish.net/?article=457 ([email protected])
http://www.packetstormsecurity.com/1005-exploits/drupalab-xss.txt Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40056 ([email protected])
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/10/drupal_security_bug/ ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58521 ([email protected])
http://crackingdrupal.com/blog/greggles/mitigation-against-cve-2010-1584-drupal-context-module-xss (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://drupal.org/cvs?commit=365210 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://drupal.org/node/794718 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://drupal.org/node/795118 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.madirish.net/?article=457 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.packetstormsecurity.com/1005-exploits/drupalab-xss.txt Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40056 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/10/drupal_security_bug/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58521 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For steven_jones's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.