CVE-2011-5048 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in IBM Web Experience Factory (aka WEF, formerly WebSphere Portlet Factory) 7.0 and 7.0.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) text INPUT element or (2) TEXTAREA element, related to an interaction between Smart Refresh and Dojo

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in IBM Web Experience Factory (aka WEF, formerly WebSphere Portlet Factory) 7.0 and 7.0.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) text INPUT element or (2) TEXTAREA element, related to an interaction between Smart Refresh and Dojo

Published Jan 3, 2012

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.22%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in IBM Web Experience Factory (aka WEF, formerly WebSphere Portlet Factory) 7.0 and 7.0.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) text INPUT element or (2) TEXTAREA element, related to an interaction between Smart Refresh and Dojo.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.22% 0.01223

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01223

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.22% (0.01223)	67.65th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.27% (0.01269)	65.88th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.43% (0.00427)	60.30th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.26% (0.00255)	65.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.26% (0.00255)	64.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.26% (0.00255)	61.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.32% (0.01319)	71.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.32% (0.01319)	71.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.32% (0.01319)	69.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.32% (0.01319)	44.98th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (6)

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO65984
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO65985
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21575083
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51246
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026481
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72115
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO65984		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO65985		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21575083		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51246		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026481		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72115		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 3, 2012

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 3, 2012

Link CVE-2011-5048

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2011-5048

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2011-5048