# CVE-2011-5194: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vendors/samswhois/samswhois.inc.php in the Whois Search plugin before 1.4.2.3 for WordPress allo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-09-23 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51244
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47428
- http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/482954/wordpress-whois-search
- http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-whois-search/changelog/
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/108271/wpwhois-xss.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72074

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