{"id":"CVE-2011-5107","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-5107","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:20:08.819Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2012-08-23T20:55:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:35:58.000Z","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":["wordpress/alert before you post"],"epss":{"score":0.08772,"percentile":0.95136,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2011-11-21","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":36323,"kind":"exploit","title":"WordPress Plugin Alert Before Your Post - 'name' Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36323","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/36323.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/36323.txt","published":"2011-11-21","added":"2011-11-21","updated":"2015-03-11","author":"Am!r","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2011-5107","OSVDB-77475"],"tags":"WordPress Plugin","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50743/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 8.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520590/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50743","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71413","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520590/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50743","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71413","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5107","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."}