CVE-2011-5301

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHPDug 2.0.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the story_url parameter to add_story.php, (2) the email parameter to editprofile.php, (3) the title parameter to adm/content_add.php, or (4) the username parameter to adm/admin_edit.php.

Published: 2015-01-01 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-5301 is rated Exploit Available (51.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). Core evidence: 1 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-2011-5301

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5301

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 2025-09-15 0.22% 0.32% +0.09%
2 2025-03-30 0.27% 0.22% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 0.27%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5301

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-2011-5301

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5301

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kubelabs phpdug 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kubelabs:phpdug:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-5301

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