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TI-2011-04471 Aliases CVE-2011-5194GHSA-w3j6-q99g-c8w8

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vendors/samswhois/samswhois.inc.php in the…

Priority LOW 24CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0224 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onWordPress
cpe:2.3:a:phpace:samswhois:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.4.2.3VulnerablePhpace
cpe:2.3:a:phpace:samswhois:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1VulnerablePhpace
  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·WordPress
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpace:samswhois:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.4.2.3 Vulnerable ·Phpace
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpace:samswhois:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1 Vulnerable ·Phpace

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-5194
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w3j6-q99g-c8w8

References

Exploit 2

Other 1

  • TI-2011-04470 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vendors/samswhois/samswhois.inc.php in the… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.6

Sources

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