What is CVE-2011-5193?

CVE-2011-5193 is a vulnerability in Phpace Samswhois, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-09-23.

Is CVE-2011-5193 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Phpace Samswhois

CVE-2011-5193

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vendors/samswhois/samswhois.inc.php in the Whois Search plugin 1.4.2.3 for WordPress, when the WHOIS widget is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the domain parameter to index.php, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-5194.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.041 (89.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Phpace Samswhois — versions 1.1
Wordpress
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-5193?: CVE-2011-5193 is a vulnerability in Phpace Samswhois, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-09-23.
Is CVE-2011-5193 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.