Serendipity administration backend cross-site scripting
| serendipity-admin-xss (29695) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Serendipity is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input in the administration backend. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using various parameters in a specially-crafted URL to execute Javascript in an administrative user's browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 2.4 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Serendipity (1.0.2 or later), available from the Serendipity Download Web page. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Oct 19 2006 - 10:55:28 CDT : Advisory 11/2006: Serendipity Weblog XSS Vulnerabilities.
- Serendipity Download Web page: Serendipity - Downloads.
- BID-20627: Serendipity Administration Page Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-5499: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Serendipity (s9y) 1.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors in the media manager administration page.
- OSVDB ID: 29893: Serendipity Media Manager Administration Page Multiple Variable XSS
- SA22501: Serendipity Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1017100: Serendipity Input Validation Flaws in Administration Interface Permit Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-4135: Serendipity Multiple Parameter Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- s9y Serendipity 1.0.1 and prior
Reported:
Oct 19, 2006
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