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CVE-2011-5194

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 2.24% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-09-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3. It affects WordPress. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

External Security References
packetstormsecurity.org ↗

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CVE
CVE-2011-5194
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
2.24%
WordPress

Original NVD Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vendors/samswhois/samswhois.inc.php in the Whois Search plugin before 1.4.2.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the domain parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-5193.