S9Y Serendipity 1.3 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in S9Y Serendipity 1.3 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the installer in Serendipity (S9Y) 1.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) unspecified path fields or (2) the database host field. NOTE: the timing window for exploitation of this issue might be limited.

The weakness was disclosed 04/23/2008 by Hanno Boeck (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1386 since 03/18/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32068 (FreeBSD : serendipity -- multiple XSS vulnerabilities (9c133aa0-12bd-11dd-bab7-0016179b2dd5)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41967) and Tenable (32068). The entry 42096 is pretty similar.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 32068
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : serendipity -- multiple XSS vulnerabilities (9c133aa0-12bd-11dd-bab7-0016179b2dd5)
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OpenVAS ID: 60885
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: serendipity
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Hanno Boeck
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1386 (🔍)
X-Force: 41967
SecurityTracker: 1019915
Vulnerability Center: 18304 - Serendipity 1.3 Installer Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Low
SecurityFocus: 28885 - S9Y Serendipity HTML Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 44549 - Serendipity Installer Database Host Field XSS
Vupen: ADV-2008-1348

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Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/09/2019 21:19
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (70), 08/09/2019 21:19 (12)
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