Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML-Template-Pro module before 0.9507 for Perl allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary…

published 2012-01-06 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-4540

cvss: 4.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.6%; EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML-Template-Pro module before 0.9507 for Perl allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via template parameters, related to improper handling of > (greater than) and < (less than) characters.

Patch / fix

distros 1

libhtml-template-pro-perl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9507-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4616

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-2011-4616 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 5.0

perl-HTML-Template-Pro: XSS issue

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

openwall.com http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/1 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
bugs.debian.org http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=652587 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/1
mailing-list, exploit
bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=652587
exploit
lists.fedoraproject.org /pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089889.html
vendor-advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org /pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089888.html
vendor-advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org /pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089603.html
vendor-advisory
secunia.com /advisories/47184
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
cpansearch.perl.org /src/VIY/HTML-Template-Pro-0.9507/Changes
securityfocus.com /bid/51117
vdb-entry
metacpan.org /diff/release/VIY/HTML-Template-Pro-0.9505/VIY/HTML-Template-Pro-0.9507

Sources

CVE List CVE-2011-4616
NVD CVE-2011-4616

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Summary