CVE-2011-2694

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2694
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-07-29 20:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-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).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Samba Samba All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 722537 – CVE-2011-2694 samba (SWAT): XSS flaw in Change Password page af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
SecurityTracker: Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) Input Validation Flaws Permit Cross-Site Request Forgery and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
Samba SWAT 'user' Field Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
osvdb.org/74072 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
Ubuntu update for samba - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Samba - Security Announcement Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.samba.org Vendor Advisory
USN-1182-1: Samba vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Samba - Release Notes Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 samba.org Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2290-1 samba af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 8289 – Swat contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability; CVE-2011-2694 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.samba.org Issue Tracking, Patch
JVN#63041502: Samba Web Administration Tool vulnerable to cross-site scripting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvn.jp Third Party Advisory
Debian update for samba - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.itrc.hp.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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