CVE-2011-5255

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in admin/login in X3 CMS 0.4.3.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) PATH_INFO, (2) username, or (3) password parameter.

Affected products

X3Cms X3 Cms: through 0.4.3.1; 0.4-rc2, 0.4.0.3, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.4.2.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0066.html
http://osvdb.org/78220
http://secunia.com/advisories/46748
http://www.infoserve.de/system/files/advisories/INFOSERVE-ADV2011-04.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51346
http://www.x3cms.net/en/news/article/dae363948eb4b27f8b02a84ca054c3fc/release_0.4.3.1
http://x3cms.bzr.sourceforge.net/bzr/x3cms/revision/977
http://x3cms.bzr.sourceforge.net/bzr/x3cms/revision/984
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72279
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0066.html
http://osvdb.org/78220
http://secunia.com/advisories/46748

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