Serendipity up to 1.5 Karma Plugin serendipity_admin.php cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Serendipity up to 1.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file serendipity_admin.php of the component Karma Plugin. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2011-4090. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Serendipity up to 1.5 (Content Management System). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file serendipity_admin.php of the component Karma Plugin. 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:

Serendipity before 1.6 has an XSS issue in the karma plugin which may allow privilege escalation.

The bug was discovered 11/04/2011. The weakness was presented 11/26/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-4090 since 10/18/2011. 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. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2944 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:serendipity_admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (36283) and OSVDB (76856†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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NVD Base Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Serendipity 1.6

Timelineinfo

10/18/2011 🔍
11/04/2011 +17 days 🔍
11/26/2019 +2944 days 🔍
11/26/2019 +0 days 🔍
01/12/2025 +1874 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-4090 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-4090
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-146323
OSVDB: 76856

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 11/26/2019 09:35
Updated: 01/12/2025 18:29
Changes: 11/26/2019 09:35 (40), 11/26/2019 09:40 (18), 02/28/2024 06:49 (4), 01/12/2025 18:29 (25)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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