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CVE-2011-5193

WHOIS <= 1.4.2.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

6.1
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vendors/samswhois/samswhois.inc.php in the Whois Search plugin 1.4.2.3 for WordPress, when the WHOIS widget is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the domain parameter to index.php, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-5194.

Una vulnerabilidad de ejecución de comandos en sitios cruzados (XSS) en vendors/samswhois/samswhois.inc.php en el plugin de búsqueda Whois para WordPress v1.4.2.3, cuando el widget WHOIS está activado, permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML a través del parámetro de dominio (doamin) a index.php. Se trata de una vulnerabilidad diferente a CVE-2011-5194a

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2012-01-03 First Exploit
  • 2012-09-23 CVE Reserved
  • 2012-09-23 CVE Published
  • 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-17 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC
References (2)
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Phpace
Search vendor "Phpace"
Samswhois
Search vendor "Phpace" for product "Samswhois"
<= 1.4.2.3
Search vendor "Phpace" for product "Samswhois" and version " <= 1.4.2.3"
-
Affected
in Wordpress
Search vendor "Wordpress"
Wordpress
Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"
--
Safe
Phpace
Search vendor "Phpace"
Samswhois
Search vendor "Phpace" for product "Samswhois"
1.1
Search vendor "Phpace" for product "Samswhois" and version "1.1"
-
Affected
in Wordpress
Search vendor "Wordpress"
Wordpress
Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Wordpress"
--
Safe