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TI-2011-04559 Aliases CVE-2011-5287GHSA-72p5-q5c2-xpr7

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in HESK before 2.4.1 allow remote…

Priority LOW 22CWE-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

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in HESK before 2.4.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) hesk_settings[tmp_title] or (2) hesklang[ENCODING] parameter to inc/header.inc.php; the hesklang[attempt] parameter to (3) inc/assignment_search.inc.php, (4) inc/attachments.inc.php, (5) inc/common.inc.php, (6) inc/database.inc.php, (7) inc/prepare_ticket_search.inc.php, (8) inc/print_tickets.inc.php, (9) inc/show_admin_nav.inc.php, (10) inc/show_search_form.inc.php, or (11) inc/ticket_list.inc.php; or (12) the PATH_INFO to language/en/text.php.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00966 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged 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 · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hesk:hesk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.4.0VulnerableHesk
  • cpe:2.3:a:hesk:hesk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.4.0 Vulnerable ·Hesk

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-5287
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-72p5-q5c2-xpr7

References

  • TI-2020-10878 HESK before 3.1.10 allows reflected XSS. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2011-03300 Hesk 2.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources