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Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-1129 · published 21 June 2011

CVE-2011-1129: Simplemachines smf cross-site scripting vulnerability

Simplemachines · Smf

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the EditNews function in ManageNews.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) before 1.1.13, and 2.x before 2.0 RC5, might allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a save_items action.

3.5 CVSS 2.0 Low EPSS 1.00% · top 38.8% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
3.5CVSS 2.0 base score
1.00%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the EditNews function in ManageNews.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) before 1.1.13, and 2.x before 2.0 RC5, might allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a save_items action.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/downloads/smf_patch_2.0-RC4_security.zip Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/17 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/4 Patch
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=421547.0 Patch
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/downloads/smf_patch_2.0-RC4_security.zip Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/17 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/4 Patch
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=421547.0 Patch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2011-1129), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.