CVE-2011-5194
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vendors/samswhois/samswhois.inc.php in the Whois...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2011-5194- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2011-5194- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-5094 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2011-5094- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w3j6-q99g-c8w8 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vendors/samswhois/samswhois.inc.php in the Whois...
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.
- Record
GHSA-w3j6-q99g-c8w8- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2011-5194 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Phpace Samswhois, published September 23, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.24%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/51244
secunia.com/advisories/47428
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/482954/wordpress-whois-search
wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-whois-search/changelog
packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/108271/wpwhois-xss.txt
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72074
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5194
github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3j6-q99g-c8w8