What is CVE-2011-5197?

CVE-2011-5197 is a vulnerability in Public Knowledge Project Open Harvester Systems, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2012-09-23.

Is CVE-2011-5197 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Public Knowledge Project Open Harvester Systems

CVE-2011-5197

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in index/manager/fileUpload in Public Knowledge Project Open Harvester Systems 2.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that upload PHP files.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2012-09-23 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (79.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Public Knowledge Project Open Harvester Systems — versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 2.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

shadawck/mitrecve

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18266 (Exploit, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-5197?: CVE-2011-5197 is a vulnerability in Public Knowledge Project Open Harvester Systems, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2012-09-23.
Is CVE-2011-5197 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.