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CVE-2011-5257

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Classipress theme before 3.1.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) twitter_id parameter related to the Twitter widget and (2) facebook_id parameter related to the Facebook widget.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2011-5257 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from appthemes, from wordpress organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2013-02-12T20:55:01.870

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	appthemes	classipress	≤ 3.1.4	Yes
Application	appthemes	classipress	3.0.5.2	Yes
Application	appthemes	classipress	3.0.5.3	Yes
Application	appthemes	classipress	3.1.3	Yes
Application	appthemes	classipress	3.1.5	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	-	No

References

http://docs.appthemes.com/classipress/classipress-version-3-1-5/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/46658 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18053 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/76712 ([email protected])
http://docs.appthemes.com/classipress/classipress-version-3-1-5/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/46658 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18053 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/76712 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For appthemes's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.