CVE-2011-5298: Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Argyle Social 2011-04-26 allow remote attackers

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MEDIUM 6.8DOWNGRADE

CVE-2011-5298 is a medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.8) affecting argyle social. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Argyle Social 2011-04-26 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) modify credentials via the role parameter to users/create/, (2) modify rules via the terms field in stream_filter_rule JSON data to settings-ajax/stream_filter_rules/create, or (3) modify efforts via the title field in effort JSON data to publish-ajax/efforts/create.

Why this priority

Public exploit reference

No fix is published yet: follow the downgrade or mitigation steps.

Risk facts

CVSS score	6.8 (Medium)
EPSS exploit chance	0.6% (top 51%)
CISA exploited list	No
Weakness	CWE-352
Published	2015-01-01
Last modified	2026-06-16

Publisher (CNA): MITRE · Vendor: viralheat

Last updated 2026-06-16 · Sources: CVE Program, NVD, CISA KEV, EPSS and vendor advisories · How we score

Am I affected?

Timeline

2015-01-01 11:59 UTCPublished CVE record published
2026-06-16 23:36 UTCUpdated Record last modified

viralheat argyle social DOWNGRADE

Affected: 2011-04-26

Fixed in: no fixed release known

Safe to downgrade to: a release before 2011-04-26

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy argyle-social || rpm -q argyle-social || argyle-social --version

2. No fixed release: DOWNGRADE to a release before 2011-04-26 (Debian / Ubuntu)

apt-cache madison argyle-social sudo apt install argyle-social=<VERSION_BEFORE_2011-04-26> sudo apt-mark hold argyle-social

2. No fixed release: DOWNGRADE (RHEL / Amazon Linux / Fedora)

dnf --showduplicates list argyle-social sudo dnf downgrade argyle-social-<VERSION_BEFORE_2011-04-26> sudo dnf versionlock add argyle-social

Downgrade risk

Downgrading can break dependent software and may reopen older bugs. Read the distro advisory first and test on a non-production host.

After downgrade

Restart the service, and keep the package held until a fixed release ships.

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Quick answers

How do I fix CVE-2011-5298?

argyle social: downgrade or apply the listed mitigation. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Is CVE-2011-5298 being exploited?

CVE-2011-5298 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

What does CVE-2011-5298 affect?

CVE-2011-5298 affects argyle social. Severity is medium (CVSS 6.8). Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Argyle Social 2011-04-26 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) modify credentials via the role parameter to users/create/, (

How urgent is CVE-2011-5298?

Priority 41/100. Public exploit reference

References

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