CVE-2011-4942

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in admin/configuration.php in Geeklog before 1.7.1sr1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) subgroup or (2) conf_group parameters. NOTE: this vulnerability might require a user-assisted attack or a bypass of a CSRF protection mechanism.

Published: 2012-09-09 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-4942 is rated Low Risk (33.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-4942

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 2025-10-28 0.58% 0.25% -0.34%
2 2025-08-26 0.84% 0.58% -0.25%
3 2025-03-30 0.84%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-4942

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-2011-4942

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-4942

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
geeklog geeklog <= 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:geeklog:geeklog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geeklog geeklog 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:geeklog:geeklog:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geeklog geeklog 1.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:geeklog:geeklog:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geeklog geeklog 1.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:geeklog:geeklog:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geeklog geeklog 1.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:geeklog:geeklog:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geeklog geeklog 1.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:geeklog:geeklog:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geeklog geeklog 1.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:geeklog:geeklog:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geeklog geeklog 1.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:geeklog:geeklog:1.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geeklog geeklog 1.3.11 cpe:2.3:a:geeklog:geeklog:1.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geeklog geeklog 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:geeklog:geeklog:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geeklog geeklog 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:geeklog:geeklog:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geeklog geeklog 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:geeklog:geeklog:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geeklog geeklog 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:geeklog:geeklog:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geeklog geeklog 1.35 cpe:2.3:a:geeklog:geeklog:1.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-4942

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