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Serendipity Remote RSS Sidebar Plugin Script Insertion
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28012
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Release Date:
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2007-12-10
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Last Update:
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2007-12-12
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Popularity:
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3,459 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Serendipity 0.x
Serendipity 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-6205
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Serendipity, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script-insertion attacks.
Input passed via links in RSS feeds is not properly sanitised in the Remote RSS sidebar plugin before being used. This can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script code, which is then executed in a user's browser session in context of an affected site when malicious RSS feeds are viewed.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.2.1.
Solution:
Update to version 1.2.1.
http://www.s9y.org/12.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Hanno Böck.
Changelog:
2007-12-12: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://blog.s9y.org/archives/187-Serendipity-1.2.1-released.html
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