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

medium Affects matomo/matomo, piwik/piwik. Feed 2026.10.28.3, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-05-13; advisory modified 2025-04-12.

Piwik (now Matomo) Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution

Package: matomo/matomo Composer
Affected versions: >=1.2 and <1.5
Fixed in: 1.5
Severity: medium
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (83.0th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-13
Source: osv.dev

References

Piwik (now Matomo) Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution

Package: piwik/piwik Composer
Affected versions: >=1.2 and <1.5
Fixed in: 1.5
Severity: medium
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (83.0th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-13
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-269

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