What is CVE-2011-0428?

CVE-2011-0428 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ikiwiki, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2011-0428?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Ikiwiki

CVE-2011-0428

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in ikiwiki before 3.20110122 could allow remote attackers to insert arbitrary JavaScript due to insufficient checking in comments.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-10-29 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ikiwiki

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0428 (Third Party Advisory)
ikiwiki.info/security/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-0428?: CVE-2011-0428 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ikiwiki, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2011-0428?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.