What is CVE-2011-2706?

CVE-2011-2706 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snews, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2011-2706?

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

XSS in Snews

CVE-2011-2706

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the reorder administrator functions in sNews 1.71.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-01-14 · 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: 0.007 (51.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Snews — versions 1.7.1
Snewscms Snews

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/17 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/May/300 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-2706?: CVE-2011-2706 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snews, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2011-2706?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.