What is CVE-2011-5107?

CVE-2011-5107 is a vulnerability in Wordpress Alert Before You Post, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-08-23.

Is CVE-2011-5107 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Wordpress Alert Before You Post

CVE-2011-5107

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in post_alert.php in Alert Before Your Post plugin, possibly 0.1.1 and earlier, for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.088 (94.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Wordpress Alert_before_you_post
Wordpress
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates
ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
d4n-sec/d4n-sec.github.io

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-5107?: CVE-2011-5107 is a vulnerability in Wordpress Alert Before You Post, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-08-23.
Is CVE-2011-5107 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.