CVE-2011-4941: Piwik (now Matomo) Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution

CVE-2011-4941 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2022-05-13

Piwik (now Matomo) Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution

Technologies: matomo/matomo (Packagist), piwik/piwik (Packagist). Vendors: Packagist.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2011-4941 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2011-4941 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2011-4941?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 13 May 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
matomo/matomo (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.2,fixed=1.5; piwik/piwik (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.2,fixed=1.5.
Is there a fix for CVE-2011-4941?
Yes. matomo/matomo (Packagist): upgrade to 1.5 or later; piwik/piwik (Packagist): upgrade to 1.5 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2011-4941?
Check whether you run matomo/matomo (Packagist) or piwik/piwik (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • matomo/matomo (Packagist): upgrade to 1.5 or later
    composer require matomo/matomo:^1.5
  • piwik/piwik (Packagist): upgrade to 1.5 or later
    composer require piwik/piwik:^1.5

Affected products

  • matomo/matomo (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.2,fixed=1.5
  • piwik/piwik (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.2,fixed=1.5

Identifiers

  • CVE-2011-4941
  • GHSA-2qr8-h6pq-m27v

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