VDB-82186 · XFDB 17798 · BID 11497

Serendipity comments.php REFERER privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Serendipity. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file comments.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument REFERER can lead to privileges management. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Serendipity (Content Management System) (version now known). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file comments.php. The manipulation of the argument REFERER with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 10/21/2004 by Chaotic Evil (Website). The advisory is available at sourceforge.net. The attack can be initiated remotely. Technical details and also a exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After 18 hours, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:comments.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 databases at X-Force (17798), SecurityFocus (BID 11497†), OSVDB (11038†) and Secunia (SA12909†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-22334 and VDB-82187. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/21/2004 🔍
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10/22/2004 +0 days 🔍
04/12/2016 +4190 days 🔍
10/04/2018 +905 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sourceforge.net
Researcher: Chaotic Evil
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82186
X-Force: 17798
SecurityFocus: 11497 - Serendipity Exit.PHP HTTP Response Splitting Vulnerability
Secunia: 12909
OSVDB: 11038 - Serendipity comments.php Referrer Field HTTP Response Splitting

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

Created: 04/12/2016 17:55
Updated: 10/04/2018 16:29
Changes: 04/12/2016 17:55 (43), 10/04/2018 16:29 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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