CVE-2011-4561 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.5% (pctl 74)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin.php in Phorum 5.2.18 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to admin/index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.54% — more likely to be exploited than 74% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2011-11-28 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| phorum | phorum |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Phorum 5.2.18 - '/admin/index.php' Cross-Site Scripting | 2011-10-03 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/76026
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46282
- http://www.rul3z.de/advisories/SSCHADV2011-023.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519991/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49920
- http://osvdb.org/76026
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46282
- http://www.rul3z.de/advisories/SSCHADV2011-023.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519991/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49920
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