CVE-2011-4561

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin.php in Phorum 5.2.18 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to admin/index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2011-11-28 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-4561 is rated Exploit Available (54/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.43%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2011-4561

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36201 exploit_db edb 2011-10-03 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-4561

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 2026-03-17 0.47% 0.43% -0.04%
2 2026-02-08 0.27% 0.47% +0.20%
3 2026-01-02 0.27%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-4561

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-2011-4561

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-4561

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phorum phorum 5.2.18 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-4561

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