CVE-2011-4856

The Control Panel in Parallels Plesk Panel 10.4.4_build20111103.18 sends incorrect Content-Type headers for certain resources, which might allow remote attackers to have an unspecified impact by leveraging an interpretation conflict involving admin/health/parameters and certain other files. NOTE: it is possible that only clients, not the Plesk product, could be affected by this issue.

Published: 2011-12-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-4856 is rated Moderate Risk (64.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.76%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-4856

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 0.75% 1.76% +1.01%
2 2026-01-20 0.73% 0.75% +0.02%
3 2025-03-30 0.73%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-4856

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-4856

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-4856

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
parallels parallels_plesk_panel 10.4.4_build20111103.18 cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_plesk_panel:10.4.4_build20111103.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-4856

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