CVE-2011-3978

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in LightNEasy.php in LightNEasy 3.2.4 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) commentemail, (2) commentmessage, or (3) commentname parameter in a sendcomment action for the news page.

Published: 2011-10-04 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-3978 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-3978

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-3978

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 2025-03-30 0.27% 0.35% +0.08%
2 2025-03-29 0.35% 0.27% -0.08%
3 2025-03-17 0.35%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-3978

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-2011-3978

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-3978

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lightneasy lightneasy 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:lightneasy:lightneasy:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-3978

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