CVE-2011-5107
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in post_alert.php in Alert Before Your Post plugin, possibly 0.1.1 and earlier, for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 8.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in post_alert.php in Alert Before Your Post plugin, possibly 0.1.1 and earlier, for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 8.77% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 21 November 2011
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- wordpress/alert before you post
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 8.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520590/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50743Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71413
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520590/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50743Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71413
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.