S9Y Serendipity 'Real Name' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:28003

Info

S9Y Serendipity 'Real Name' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 28003
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0124
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 26 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 24 2008 11:30PM
Credit: Hanno Boeck is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: S9Y Serendipity 1.2.1
S9Y Serendipity 1.1.4
S9Y Serendipity 1.1.3
S9Y Serendipity 1.1.1
S9Y Serendipity 1.0.4
S9Y Serendipity 1.0.3
S9Y Serendipity 0.9.1
S9Y Serendipity 0.8.2
S9Y Serendipity 0.8.1
S9Y Serendipity 0.8 -beta6 Snapshot
S9Y Serendipity 0.8 -beta6
S9Y Serendipity 0.8 -beta5
S9Y Serendipity 0.8
S9Y Serendipity 0.7.1
S9Y Serendipity 0.7 beta3
S9Y Serendipity 0.7 beta1
S9Y Serendipity 0.7 -rc1
S9Y Serendipity 0.7 -beta4
S9Y Serendipity 0.7 -beta2
S9Y Serendipity 0.7
S9Y Serendipity 0.6 -rc2
S9Y Serendipity 0.6 -rc1
S9Y Serendipity 0.6 -pl3
S9Y Serendipity 0.6 -pl2
S9Y Serendipity 0.6 -pl1
S9Y Serendipity 0.6
S9Y Serendipity 0.5 -pl1
S9Y Serendipity 0.5
S9Y Serendipity 0.4
S9Y Serendipity 0.3
S9Y Serendipity 1.2-beta5
S9Y Serendipity 1.2
S9Y Serendipity 1.0.beta 3
S9Y Serendipity 1.0.beta 2
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Not Vulnerable: S9Y Serendipity 1.3-beta1

Discussion

S9Y Serendipity 'Real Name' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

Serendipity is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data.

Exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to execute HTML and script code in the context of the affected site, to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, or to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible.

Versions prior to Serendipity 1.3-beta1 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

S9Y Serendipity 'Real Name' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a browser.

Solution / Fix

S9Y Serendipity 'Real Name' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released updates to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

S9Y Serendipity 'Real Name' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

References:

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