CVE-2010-2809: Uzbl

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 7.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The default configuration of the <Button2> binding in Uzbl before 2010.08.05 does not properly use the @SELECTED_URI feature, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted HREF attribute of an A element in an HTML document.

Affected products

• Uzbl Uzbl: up to and including 2010.04.03; version 2009.12.22 only; version 2010.01.04 only

Published 2010-08-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.