CVE-2011-1952 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in Post Revolution CMS by submitting malformed HTML markup.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-1952?
CVE-2011-1952 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jun 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
common.php in Post Revolution before 0.8.0c-2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed HTML markup, as demonstrated by an a< sequence.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1952?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Postrev Post Revolution.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1952?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1952 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2011-1952 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1952 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2xx2-7jhq-rw7v.