Secunia Security Advisory - Stefan Schurtz has discovered a vulnerability in Serendipity, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
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TITLE:
Serendipity "serendipity[filter][bp.ALT]" Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46666
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-11-03
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DESCRIPTION:
Stefan Schurtz has discovered a vulnerability in Serendipity, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.
Input passed to the "serendipity[filter][bp.ALT]" parameter in
serendipity_admin_image_selector.php is not properly sanitised before
being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary
HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an
affected site.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.5.5. Prior versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.6 or later.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Stefan Schurtz
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Serendipity:
http://blog.s9y.org/archives/233-Serendipity-1.6-released.html
https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/commit/1f037b462761cd592b90541ce4dfda2518ad4711
Stefan Schurtz:
http://www.rul3z.de/advisories/SSCHADV2011-015.txt
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