A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Serendipity 2.0.5 (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown code of the component Theme Handler. The manipulation as part of a GET Request leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

There is CSRF in Serendipity 2.0.5, allowing attackers to install any themes via a GET request.

The bug was discovered 10/29/2016. The weakness was released 04/24/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at seclists.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-8101 since 04/24/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 177 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-100567.

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• Content Management System

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• Serendipity

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• 2.0.5

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• free

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