PT-2019-6615 · Serendipity · Serendipity

David Vieira-Kurz · Published 2019-11-05 · Updated 2019-11-08 · CVE-2011-1133

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Serendipity versions prior to 1.5.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This is due to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) flaw in Xinha, which is included in the Serendipity package. The vulnerability can be exploited via the backend.php file in the plugins/ExtendedFileManager directory.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.5, update to version 1.5.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the backend.php file in the plugins/ExtendedFileManager directory to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1133

Affected Products

Serendipity

References · 6

• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=611661 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1133 · Security Note
• https://blog.s9y.org/archives/224-Important-Security-Update-Serendipity-1.5.5-released.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1133 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1133 · Note
• https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/5 · Note