CVE-2011-4565

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-11-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XOOPS 2.5.1.a, and possibly earlier versions, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) text parameter to include/formdhtmltextarea_preview.php or (2) img BBCODE tag within the message parameter to pmlite.php (aka Private Message). NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Xoops: through 2.5.1.a; 2.0.2, 2.0.13.2, 2.0.14, 2.0.14-rc1, 2.0.15, 2.0.16 (+23)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/46238
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49995
http://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6094
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70377
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70378
https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/multiple_xss_in_xoops_web_application_platform.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/46238
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49995
http://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6094
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70377
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70378
https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/multiple_xss_in_xoops_web_application_platform.html

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