CVE-2011-5265
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cached_image.php in the Featurific For WordPress plugin 1.6.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the snum 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 10.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cached_image.php in the Featurific For WordPress plugin 1.6.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the snum parameter. NOTE: this has been disputed by a third party.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 9.96% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 23 November 2011
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- featurific for wordpress project/featurific-for-wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 10.0% 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://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-04/0120.html
- http://osvdb.org/77337Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520625/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50779
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71468
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-04/0120.html
- http://osvdb.org/77337Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520625/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50779
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71468
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.