Serendipity up to 1.2.1 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Serendipity. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-1476. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Serendipity (Content Management System). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Serendipity (S9Y) before 1.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to received trackbacks.

The bug was discovered 03/18/2008. The weakness was presented 03/24/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1476 since 03/24/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31662 (Debian DSA-1528-1 : serendipity - insufficient input sanitising), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41343), Tenable (31662), SecurityFocus (BID 28298†), OSVDB (43790†) and Secunia (SA29398†). See VDB-41263 and VDB-39996 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31662
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1528-1 : serendipity - insufficient input sanitising
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Serendipity 0.3

Timelineinfo

03/18/2008 🔍
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03/24/2008 +6 days 🔍
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08/07/2019 +1605 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-1476 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1476
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41663

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X-Force: 41343
SecurityFocus: 28298 - S9Y Serendipity Trackbacks HTML Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 29398
OSVDB: 43790 - S9Y - Serendipity - Trackbacks HTML Injection Issue
Vulnerability Center: 18058 - S9Y Serendipity < 1.3 Cross Site Scripting Related to Received Trackbacks, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0925

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/07/2019 21:58
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (67), 08/07/2019 21:58 (8)
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Cache ID: 216:29D:103

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