Serendipity cross-site request forgery
| serendipity-xs-request-forgery (22456) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Serendipity is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted request and trick the user into opening the request, causing the request to be performed as the user.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Serendipity (0.8.5 or later), available from the Serendipity Download Web page. See References.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Thu Sep 29 2005 - 09:04:48 CDT: Serendipity: Account Hijacking / CSRF Vulnerability.
- Serendipity Download Web page: Serendipity - Downloads.
- CVE-2005-3129: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Serendipity 0.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as a logged in user via a link or IMG tag to serendipity_admin.php.
- SA17011: Serendipity Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- s9y Serendipity 0.8.4 and prior
Reported:
Sep 29, 2005
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