CVE-2011-5228

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Search module (quickstart/search) in appRain CMF 0.1.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ss parameter.

Published: 2012-10-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-5228 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.89%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-5228

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18249 exploit_db edb 2011-12-19 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5228

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 6.88% 3.89% -2.99%
2 2026-03-26 6.21% 6.88% +0.67%
3 2026-03-02 6.21%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5228

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-2011-5228

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5228

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apprain apprain 0.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:apprain:apprain:0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-5228

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