CVE-2011-4958

SilverStripe < 2.3.13 and 2.4.x < 2.4.6 - Cross-Site Scripting via QUERY_STRING to Template Placeholders

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2011-4958. PoCs published by Stefan Schurtz.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates multiple reflected XSS vulnerabilities in SilverStripe 2.4.5 by injecting malicious JavaScript payloads into various admin endpoints. The payloads are designed to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected site.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the process function in SSViewer.php in SilverStripe before 2.3.13 and 2.4.x before 2.4.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the QUERY_STRING to template placeholders, as demonstrated by a request to (1) admin/reports/, (2) admin/comments/, (3) admin/, (4) admin/show/, (5) admin/assets/, and (6) admin/security/.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Stefan Schurtz · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36226

This exploit demonstrates multiple reflected XSS vulnerabilities in SilverStripe 2.4.5 by injecting malicious JavaScript payloads into various admin endpoints. The payloads are designed to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected site.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: SilverStripe 2.4.5
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target SilverStripe admin endpoints
MITRE ATT&CK
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520050/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/76258
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/46390

Scores

EPSS 0.0428
EPSS Percentile 89.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (19)
silverstripe/silverstripe 2.3.0 (4 CPE variants)
silverstripe/silverstripe 2.3.1 (3 CPE variants)
silverstripe/silverstripe 2.3.2
silverstripe/silverstripe 2.3.3
silverstripe/silverstripe 2.3.4
silverstripe/silverstripe 2.3.5
silverstripe/silverstripe 2.3.6
silverstripe/silverstripe 2.3.7
silverstripe/silverstripe 2.3.8
silverstripe/silverstripe 2.3.9
... and 9 more
Published Apr 08, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026