CVE-2011-5283

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web management interface in httpd/cgi-bin/ipinfo.cgi in Smoothwall Express 3.1 and 3.0 SP3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the IP parameter in a Run action.

Published: 2014-12-31 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-5283 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.22%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-5283

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16006 exploit_db edb 2011-01-17 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5283

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 3.38% 3.22% -0.16%
2 2025-04-11 4.85% 3.38% -1.47%
3 2025-03-30 4.85%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5283

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-2011-5283

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5283

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
smoothwall smoothwall 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:smoothwall:smoothwall:3.0:sp3:*:*:express:*:*:*
smoothwall smoothwall 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:smoothwall:smoothwall:3.1:*:*:*:express:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-5283

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