#VU43728 Cross-site scripting in Serendipity - CVE-2012-2331
Published: August 14, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43728
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2331
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Serendipity
Serendipity
Software vendor:
s9y.org
s9y.org
Description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in serendipity/serendipity_admin_image_selector.php in Serendipity before 1.6.1 when processing serendipity. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
External links
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0037.html
- http://blog.s9y.org/archives/240-Serendipity-1.6.1-released.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49009
- http://www.koramis.com/advisories/2012/KORAMIS-ADV2012-001.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/09/2
- http://www.rul3z.de/index.php?/214-KORAMISADV2012-001-Serendipity-1.6-Backend-Cross-Site-Scripting-and-SQL-Injection-vulnerability.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53418
- https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/commit/264bf55719baacc069ff9d3cc35f0c349cde11e3