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CVE-2012-2331

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in serendipity/serendipity_admin_image_selector.php in Serendipity before 1.6.1

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in serendipity/serendipity_admin_image_selector.php in Serendipity before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the serendipity[textarea] parameter. NOTE: this issue might be resultant from cross-site request forgery (CSRF).

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.12124
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 6% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
s9y serendipity<= 1.6
s9y serendipityall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

5
webappsS9Y Serendipity 1.6 - 'Backend' Cross-Site Scripting / SQL Injectionverified
pocwww.koramis.com · KORAMIS-ADV2012-001.txtwww.koramis.com
pocwww.rul3z.de · 214-KORAMISADV2012-001-Serendipity-1.6-Backend-Cross-Site...www.rul3z.de
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 53418www.securityfocus.com
pocgithub.com · 264bf55719baacc069ff9d3cc35f0c349cde11e3github.com
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD13 Aug 2012 · 11:55 PM
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0037.html
http://blog.s9y.org/archives/240-Serendipity-1.6.1-released.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49009Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/09/2
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