S9y serendipity up to 1.6.2 serendipity_admin_image_selector.php serendipity[htmltarget] cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in S9y serendipity. Impacted is an unknown function of the file serendipity_admin_image_selector.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument serendipity[htmltarget] can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-5314. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in S9y serendipity (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file serendipity_admin_image_selector.php. The manipulation of the argument serendipity[htmltarget] 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. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in serendipity_admin_image_selector.php in Serendipity 1.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the serendipity[htmltarget] parameter.

The weakness was released 08/19/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mavitunasecurity.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-5314 since 08/19/2013. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:serendipity_admin_image_selector.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (38642). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• S9y

Name

• serendipity

Version

• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.7
• 0.7.1
• 0.8
• 0.8.1
• 0.8.2
• 0.8.3
• 0.8.4
• 0.8.5
• 0.9
• 0.9.1
• 1.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.1
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.2.1
• 1.3.1
• 1.4.1
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.6
• 1.6.1
• 1.6.2

License

• free

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