S9y Serendipity up to 0.7 Rc1 compat.php searchTerm cross site scripting
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A vulnerability was found in S9y Serendipity (Content Management System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file compat.php. The manipulation of the argument searchTerm
with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in compat.php in Serendipity before 0.7.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchTerm variable.
The bug was discovered 12/02/2004. The weakness was presented 12/02/2004 by Stefan Esser (Website). The advisory is shared for download at s9y.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-2525 since 10/25/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.
By approaching the search of inurl:compat.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15914 (Serendipity compat.php searchTerm Parameter XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r.
Upgrading to version 0.7.1 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18322) and Tenable (15914).
Product
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Vendor
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Version
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.5 Pl1
- 0.6
- 0.6 Pl1
- 0.6 Pl2
- 0.6 Pl3
- 0.6 Rc1
- 0.6 Rc2
- 0.7
- 0.7 Beta1
- 0.7 Beta2
- 0.7 Beta3
- 0.7 Beta4
- 0.7 Rc1
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1
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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 15914
Nessus Name: Serendipity compat.php searchTerm Parameter XSS
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OpenVAS ID: 15914
OpenVAS Name: Serendipity XSS Flaw
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Serendipity 0.7.1
Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: s9y.orgResearcher: Stefan Esser
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-2525 (🔍)
X-Force: 18322
SecurityTracker: 1012383
Vulnerability Center: 6418 - Serendipity Weblog Searchterm Parameter in Combat.php Cross Site Scripting Attack, Medium
SecurityFocus: 11790 - S9Y Serendipity Remote Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 13357
OSVDB: 12177 - Serendipity compat.php searchTerm Parameter XSS
Entry
Created: 03/09/2015 16:55Updated: 06/05/2019 12:02
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (76), 06/05/2019 12:02 (7)
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