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CVE-2010-2101

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
Severity5Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability2.40 %higher than 84% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The (1) strip_tags, (2) setcookie, (3) strtok, (4) wordwrap, (5) str_word_count, and (6) str_pad functions in PHP 5.2 through 5.2.13 and 5.3 through 5.3.2 allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information (memory contents) by causing a userspace interruption of an internal function, related to the call time pass by reference feature.

CVSS

Base score
5
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
2.40 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
84
Score date
10/23/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

PHP — PHP

CWEs

References

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