CVE-2011-1129

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the EditNews function in ManageNews.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) before 1.1.13, and 2.x before 2.0 RC5, might allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a save_items action.

Published: 2011-06-21 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-1129 is rated Low Risk (31/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-1129

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-05-06 0.20% 0.25% +0.05%
2 2025-03-17 0.10% 0.20% +0.10%
3 2023-03-07 0.10%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-1129

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-1129

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-1129

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
simplemachines smf <= 1.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0:beta4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.20 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.0.21 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 1.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:2.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:2.0:beta2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:2.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:2.0:beta3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:2.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplemachines smf 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:smf:2.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-1129

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