CVE-2011-5081

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in RestoreFile.pm in BackupPC 3.1.0, 3.2.1, and possibly other earlier versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the share parameter in a RestoreFile action to index.cgi.

Published: 2012-02-18 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-5081 is rated Exploit Available (55.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.58%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-5081

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5081

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 2025-09-09 0.88% 0.58% -0.30%
2 2025-03-30 3.66% 0.88% -2.78%
3 2025-03-29 — 3.66% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5081

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-2011-5081

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-5081

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2011-5081 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (backuppc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-5081
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-5081 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (backuppc), 7 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): released 5, ignored 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-5081

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5081

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
backuppc backuppc 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:backuppc:backuppc:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
backuppc backuppc 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:backuppc:backuppc:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-5081

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