Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Freetag before 2.96 plugin for S9Y Serendipity, when using Internet Explorer 6 or 7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to plugin/tag/.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- S9Y Serendipity Freetag-plugin 2.95 - 'style' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-31126 · webapps · Feb 8, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://blog.s9y.org/archives/190-Freetag-plugin-updated-to-prevent-XSS.html
- http://www.bitsploit.de/uploads/Code/200802080000/
- 28852 third-party-advisory
- 20080208 Serendipity Freetag-plugin XSS vulnerability mailing-list
- serendipity-freetag-xss(40376) vdb-entry
- 27697 vdb-entry