CVE-2011-5197

Exp

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in index/manager/fileUpload in Public Knowledge Project Open Harvester Systems 2.3.1 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-2011-5197 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). 2 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-2011-5197

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18266 exploit_db edb 2011-12-23 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5197

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 2026-02-06 0.25% 0.36% +0.11%
2 2025-08-21 0.36% 0.25% -0.11%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.36% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5197

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-2011-5197

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5197

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
public_knowledge_project open_harvester_systems <= 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_harvester_systems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_harvester_systems 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_harvester_systems:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_harvester_systems 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_harvester_systems:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_harvester_systems 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_harvester_systems:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_harvester_systems 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_harvester_systems:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
public_knowledge_project open_harvester_systems 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_harvester_systems:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-5197

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