CVE-2011-4340

Symphony CMS < 2.2.4 - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting via Profile or Filter Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2011-4340. PoCs published by Mesut Timur.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities in Symphony CMS versions prior to 2.2.4. It includes a sample XSS payload but lacks executable exploit code.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Symphony CMS 2.2.3 and possibly other versions before 2.2.4 allow remote authenticated users with Author privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the profile parameter to extensions/profiledevkit/content/content.profile.php, as demonstrated via requests to (a) the default URI, (b) about/, or (c) drafts/; or (2) the filter parameter in symphony/lib/core/class.symphony.php, as demonstrated via requests to (d) symphony/publish/comments or (e) symphony/publish/images. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Mesut Timur · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36280

The provided text describes SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities in Symphony CMS versions prior to 2.2.4. It includes a sample XSS payload but lacks executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss | Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Symphony CMS < 2.2.4
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a vulnerable Symphony CMS instance
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2011/Nov/8
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71106
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/76883
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/46663
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/76882
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/22/9
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/106493/symphonycms-sqlxss.txt

Scores

EPSS 0.0187
EPSS Percentile 76.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
symphony-cms/symphony_cms 2.2.3
symphonycms/symphony-2 0 - 2.2.4Packagist
Published Feb 12, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026