PT-2012-2171 · Unknown · Whois Search

Contrid · Published 2012-09-23 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2011-5194

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 Whois Search plugin versions prior to 1.4.2.3

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the domain parameter in the vendors/samswhois/samswhois.inc.php file. This enables attackers to execute malicious scripts on the client-side.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.4.2.3, update to version 1.4.2.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the vulnerable samswhois.inc.php file until a patch is applied. Avoid using the domain parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-5194

Affected Products

Whois Search

References · 7

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/51244 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/108271/wpwhois-xss.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/482954/wordpress-whois-search · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47428 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5194 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72074 · Note
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-whois-search/changelog · Note