CVE-2011-3598

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpPgAdmin before 5.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) a web page title, related to classes/Misc.php; or the (2) return_url or (3) return_desc parameter to display.php.

Published: 2011-10-08 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2011-3598 is rated Moderate Risk (48/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.53%). EPSS rose +1.81% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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-2011-3598

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 2026-06-15 0.71% 2.53% +1.81%
2 2025-03-17 0.32% 0.71% +0.40%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.32% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-3598

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-3598

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-3598

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2011-3598 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phppgadmin), 3 status rows across 3 suites (forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3598
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-3598 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phppgadmin), 10 status rows across 10 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): not-affected 5, ignored 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3598

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-3598

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phppgadmin phppgadmin <= 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.4 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 3.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 4.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phppgadmin phppgadmin 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-3598

URL Tags
http://freshmeat.net/projects/phppgadmin/releases/336969
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/067843.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/067846.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00033.html
http://osvdb.org/75997
http://osvdb.org/75998
http://secunia.com/advisories/46248 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46426
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4E897F6C.90905%40free.fr&forum_name=phppgadmin-news Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/04/1 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/04/10 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49914
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=385505
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743205 Patch
https://github.com/phppgadmin/phppgadmin/commit/1df248203de055f97e092b50b1dd9643ccb73842 Patch
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