PT-2012-2059 · Backuppc · Backuppc

Published 2012-02-18 · Updated 2025-09-08 · CVE-2011-5081

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BackupPC versions 3.1.0 through 3.2.1

Description A cross-site scripting issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the share parameter in a "RestoreFile" action to "index.cgi".

Recommendations For versions 3.1.0 through 3.2.1, consider restricting access to the "RestoreFile" action in "index.cgi" to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the share parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-5081

Affected Products

Backuppc

References · 11

• 🔥 https://htbridge.ch/advisory/multiple_xss_vulnerabilities_in_backuppc.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-5081 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-5081 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-5081 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5081 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44385 · Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2011/Apr/266 · Patch
• https://t.me/cveNotify/134647 · Telegram Post
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67170 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/72055 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-5081 · Note