Cross-site scripting in Serendipity - CVE-2011-4090
Published: November 26, 2019 / Updated: July 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30578
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4090
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Serendipity before 1.6 has an XSS issue in the karma plugin which may allow privilege escalation.
Affected software
Serendipity
How to mitigate CVE-2011-4090
Install update from vendor's website.
Serendipity - update to 1.6