CVE-2010-1459

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    CVE-2010-1459

    Published: 27 May 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The default configuration of ASP.NET in Mono before 2.6.4 has a value of FALSE for the EnableViewStateMac property, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated by the __VIEWSTATE parameter to 2.0/menu/menu1.aspx in the XSP sample project.

    References: http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#ASP.NET_View_State_Cross-Site_Scripting, http://www.communities.hp.com/securitysoftware/blogs/spilabs/archive/2010/04/29/asp-net-cross-site-scripting-followup-mono.aspx, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40351

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High