CVE-2011-1425

Exp

xslt.c in XML Security Library (aka xmlsec) before 1.2.17, as used in WebKit and other products, when XSLT is enabled, allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via vectors involving the libxslt output extension and a ds:Transform element during signature verification.

Published: 2011-04-04 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-1425 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.29%, 92th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-1425

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
17993 exploit_db edb 2011-10-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-1425

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 2025-12-11 9.90% 9.29% -0.61%
2 2025-07-21 9.61% 9.90% +0.29%
3 2025-05-08 — 9.61% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-1425

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-1425

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-1425

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2011-1425 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xmlsec1), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1425
gentoo high CVE-2011-1425: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-09), 25 atom(s) (app-admin/syslog-ng, app-misc/ca-certificates, …); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-1425
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1425
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-1425 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xmlsec1), 12 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): not-affected 5, ignored 4, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1425

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-1425

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aleksey xml_security_library <= 1.2.16 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.2a cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 0.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.2.13 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.2.14 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aleksey xml_security_library 1.2.15 cpe:2.3:a:aleksey:xml_security_library:1.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple webkit — cpe:2.3:a:apple:webkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-1425

URL Tags
http://git.gnome.org/browse/xmlsec/commit/?id=2d5eddcc4163ea050cf3a3a1a25452bb5124f780 Patch
http://git.gnome.org/browse/xmlsec/commit/?id=35eaacde6093d6711339754fc2146341b8b9f5fa Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/43920 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44167
http://secunia.com/advisories/44423
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/79159
http://www.aleksey.com/pipermail/xmlsec/2011/009120.html Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2219
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:063
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0486.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47135
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025284
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0855
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0858
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1010
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1172
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52688
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692133 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66506
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