CVE-2012-2331 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.7% (pctl 92)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in serendipity/serendipity_admin_image_selector.php in Serendipity before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the serendipity[textarea] parameter. NOTE: this issue might be resultant from cross-site request forgery (CSRF).
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 4.68% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-08-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| s9y | serendipity |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | S9Y Serendipity 1.6 - 'Backend' Cross-Site Scripting / SQL Injection | 2012-05-08 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0037.html
- http://blog.s9y.org/archives/240-Serendipity-1.6.1-released.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49009
- http://www.koramis.com/advisories/2012/KORAMIS-ADV2012-001.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/09/2
- http://www.rul3z.de/index.php?/214-KORAMISADV2012-001-Serendipity-1.6-Backend-Cross-Site-Scripting-and-SQL-Injection-vulnerability.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53418
- https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/commit/264bf55719baacc069ff9d3cc35f0c349cde11e3
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0037.html
- http://blog.s9y.org/archives/240-Serendipity-1.6.1-released.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49009
- http://www.koramis.com/advisories/2012/KORAMIS-ADV2012-001.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/09/2
- http://www.rul3z.de/index.php?/214-KORAMISADV2012-001-Serendipity-1.6-Backend-Cross-Site-Scripting-and-SQL-Injection-vulnerability.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53418
- https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/commit/264bf55719baacc069ff9d3cc35f0c349cde11e3
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