CVE-2011-5196

Exp

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in index/manager/fileUpload in Public Knowledge Project Open Journal Systems 2.3.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that upload PHP files.

Published: 2012-09-23 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-5196 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.33%). 4 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-2011-5196

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18266 exploit_db edb 2011-12-23 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5196

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 0.37% 1.33% +0.96%
2 2026-05-25 0.33% 0.37% +0.05%
3 2026-02-06 — 0.33% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5196

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-5196

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-5196

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu high CVE-2011-5196 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ojs), 8 status rows across 8 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): DNE 5, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-5196

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5196

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems <= 2.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 1.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 1.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 1.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 1.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 1.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.0.2-1 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.0.2-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.3.1-2 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.3.1-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.3.2-1 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.3.2-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.3.3-1 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.3.3-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.3.3-2 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.3.3-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.3.3-3 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.3.3-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems 2.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-5196

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