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CVE-2011-1425
xslt.c in XML Security Library (aka xmlsec) before 1.2.17, as used in WebKit and other products, when XSLT is enabled, allows remote…
Medium5.1EPSS 8.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
xslt.c in XML Security Library (aka xmlsec) before 1.2.17, as used in WebKit and other products, when XSLT is enabled, allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via vectors involving the libxslt output extension and a ds:Transform element during signature verification.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 20 days later
· 20 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.1% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692133 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0855 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1025284 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-2219 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:063 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 47135 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/79159 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-1010 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [xmlsec] 20110331 New xmlsec 1.2.17 release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 44423 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/xmlsec/commit/?id=2d5eddcc4163ea050cf3a3a1a25452bb5124f780 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0486 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/xmlsec/commit/?id=35eaacde6093d6711339754fc2146341b8b9f5fa (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-1172 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 44167 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 43920 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52688 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0858 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- xmlsecurity-xmlfiles-sec-bypass(66506) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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