XSS in Clickdesk Live Support-Live Chat Plugin
CVE-2011-5181
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in clickdesk.php in ClickDesk Live Support - Live Chat plugin 2.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the cdwidgetid parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.104 (95.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.104 · newest: 0.104 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Clickdesk Live Support-Live Chat Plugin — versions 2.0
- WordPress
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/50778 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- wordpress.org/extend/plugins/clickdesk-live-support-chat-plugin/changelog/
- osvdb.org/77338 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520624/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71469 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-5181?
- CVE-2011-5181 is a vulnerability in Clickdesk Live Support-Live Chat Plugin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-09-20.
- Is CVE-2011-5181 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.