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CVE-2011-2694 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the chg_passwd function in web/swat.c in the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) in Samba 3.x…

published 2011-07-29 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-2675

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.0%
EPSS 6.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the chg_passwd function in web/swat.c in the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) in Samba 3.x before 3.5.10 allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username parameter to the passwd program (aka the user field to the Change Password page).

Patch / fix

  • samba samba 3.3.16, 3.4.14, 3.5.10
  • samba Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:3.5.10~dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2694

  • samba RHEL 6 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4
  • cifs-utils RHEL 6 4.8.1-2.el6_1.2
  • samba-swat RHEL 6 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4
  • libsmbclient RHEL 6 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4
  • samba-client RHEL 6 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4
  • samba-common RHEL 6 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4
  • samba-winbind RHEL 6 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4
  • samba-domainjoin-gui RHEL 6 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:1221RHSA-2011:1220RHSA-2011:1219

  • samba openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.5.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10069-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-2694 updated cvss 4.3

(SWAT): XSS flaw in Change Password page

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) samba 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, samba3x 3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2, samba-swat 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, samba3x-swat 3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2, libsmbclient 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, samba-client 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 samba 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-swat 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-client 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-common 3.0.33-0.34.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) samba 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, samba3x 3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2, samba-swat 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, samba3x-swat 3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2, libsmbclient 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, samba-client 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 samba 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-swat 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-client 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-common 3.0.33-0.34.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 samba 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-swat 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-client 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-common 3.0.33-0.34.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1219
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) samba 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4, cifs-utils 4.8.1-2.el6_1.2, libsmbclient 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4, samba-client 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4, samba-common 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4, samba-winbind 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) samba 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4, samba-swat 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4, samba-domainjoin-gui 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4, samba-winbind-krb5-locator 3.5.6-86.el6_1.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1221
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 samba 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-swat 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-client 3.0.33-0.34.el4, samba-common 3.0.33-0.34.el4 Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) samba 3.0.33-3.29.el5_7.4, samba3x 3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1219
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 samba4, samba4-dc, samba4-libs, samba4-pidl, samba4-swat, samba4-test, +7 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

6.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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