{"id":"CVE-2011-5023","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-5023","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:58:03.144Z","title":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Pligg CMS 1.1.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to the search program, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3986.","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Pligg CMS 1.1.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to the search program, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3986.","published":"2011-12-29T11:55:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:35:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["pligg/pligg cms"],"epss":{"score":0.01478,"percentile":0.737,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2011-12-29","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":36496,"kind":"exploit","title":"Pligg CMS 1.1.4 - 'SERVER[php_self]' Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36496","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/36496.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/36496.txt","published":"2011-12-29","added":"2011-12-29","updated":"2015-03-26","author":"SiteWatch","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2011-5023","OSVDB-78074"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51274/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2257","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51274","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sitewat.ch/Advisory/View/6","tags":["Exploit","URL Repurposed"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2257","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51274","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sitewat.ch/Advisory/View/6","tags":["Exploit","URL Repurposed"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5023","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}