Serendipity < 0.80 RC7 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2920

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

The remote host is running Serendipity. Serendipity is a
Blogging software that is implemented in PHP. This version of Serendipity
is reported vulnerable to multiple remote exploits. It is reported that
this version is vulnerable to HTML injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS),
and file upload flaws. An attacker exploiting these flaws would be able
to gain or elevate privileges on the remote machine. An attacker may also
be able to user the server as an attack vector against unsuspecting users browsing the website.

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.80 RC7 or higher.

See Also

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=328092

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2920

Family: CGI

Published: 5/18/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 18298

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:sy9:serendipity

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1712, CVE-2005-1713

BID: 13669