CVE-2011-3979

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ztemp/view_compiled/Theme/theme_admin_setasdefault.php in the theme module in Zikula Application Framework 1.3.0 build 3168, 1.2.7, and probably other versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the themename parameter in the setasdefault action to index.php.

Affected products

Zikula Application Framework: 1.2.7, 1.3.0

References

http://community.zikula.org/index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=3075
http://osvdb.org/75226
http://secunia.com/advisories/45884
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8409
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519565/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49491
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69644
https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_in_zikula.html
http://community.zikula.org/index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=3075
http://osvdb.org/75226
http://secunia.com/advisories/45884
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8409

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