CVE-2011-5267 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.7% (pctl 77)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in spell-check-savedicts.php in the SpellChecker module in Xinha, as used in WikiWig 5.01 and possibly other products, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) to_p_dict or (2) to_r_list parameter. NOTE: this issue might be related to the htmlarea plugin and CVE-2013-5670.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.74% — more likely to be exploited than 77% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2013-11-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wikiwig project | wikiwig |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WikiWig 5.01 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities | 2011-03-16 |
| exploit-db | Xinha 0.96 - 'spell-check-savedicts.php' Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities | 2011-03-10 |
References
- http://www.autosectools.com/Advisories/WikiWig.5.01_Persistent-Reflected.Cross-site.Scripting_139.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16988
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/01/3
- http://www.osvdb.org/71070
- http://www.autosectools.com/Advisories/WikiWig.5.01_Persistent-Reflected.Cross-site.Scripting_139.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16988
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/01/3
- http://www.osvdb.org/71070
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