Serendipity Karma Plugin Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	50408
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 28 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 28 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Stefan Schurtz
Vulnerable:	Serendipity Serendipity 1.1.1 Serendipity Serendipity 1.0.2 Serendipity Serendipity 1.0.1 Serendipity Serendipity 1.0
Not Vulnerable:	Serendipity Serendipity 1.6

Serendipity Karma Plugin Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Serendipity Karma Plugin is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Serendipity versions prior to 1.6 are vulnerable.

Serendipity Karma Plugin Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

Serendipity Karma Plugin Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please see the reference for more information.

Serendipity Karma Plugin Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Graphical Rating Bars for Serendipity Karma Plugin (s9y)
  
• Serendipity 1.6 released (Serendipity)
  
• Serendipity before 1.6 backend XSS in karma plugin (Serendipity)
  
• Serendipity Homepage (S9Y)