CVE-2011-5025

medium

Published 2011-12-29 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.3

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the wiki application in Yaws 1.88 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the tag parameter to editTag.yaws, (2) the index parameter to showOldPage.yaws, (3) the node parameter to allRefsToMe.yaws, or (4) the text parameter to editPage.yaws.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-17111 webapps multiple

Michael Brooks · 2011-04-04

Yaws-Wiki 1.88-1 (Erlang) - Persistent / Reflective Cross-Site Scripting

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-36498 webapps php verified

SiteWatch · 2012-01-05

Yaws-Wiki 1.88 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting / HTML Injection Vulnerabilities

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.92-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.92-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.92-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.92-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.92-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
yaws	yaws	`1.88`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.