CVE-2011-5093

Best Practical Solutions RT 4.x before 4.0.6 does not properly implement the DisallowExecuteCode option, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary code by leveraging access to a privileged account, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4458 and CVE-2011-5092.

Published: 2012-06-04 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-5093 is rated Moderate Risk (55.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.09%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.44% 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-2011-5093

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 0.64% 2.09% +1.44%
2 2025-03-30 1.03% 0.64% -0.38%
3 2025-03-29 1.03%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5093

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-5093

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-5093

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-5093 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (request-tracker3.6, request-tracker3.8, request-tracker4), 48 status rows across 16 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 29, not-affected 14, ignored 3, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-5093

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5093

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bestpractical rt 3.8.12 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-5093

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