Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU30578

Cross-site scripting in Serendipity - CVE-2011-4090

Published: November 26, 2019 / Updated: July 20, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU30578

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:P/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4090

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vendor: s9y.org

Affected software:
Serendipity

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

Install update from vendor's website.