CVE-2011-5107

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—💥 Exploit

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in post_alert.php in Alert Before Your Post plugin, possibly 0.1.1 and earlier, for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base score: 4.3

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 8.77%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 95
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · WordPress Plugin Alert Before Your Post - 'name' Cross-Site Scripting (11/21/2011)
Nuclei template (automated mass detection) · Alert Before Your Post <= 0.1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

Affected technologies (1)

Wordpress — Alert Before YOU Post

CWEs

CWE-79

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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