Description
SQL injection vulnerability in serendipity/serendipity_admin.php in Serendipity before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the serendipity[plugin_to_conf] parameter. NOTE: this issue might be resultant from cross-site request forgery (CSRF).
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 1.6 - 'Backend' Cross-Site Scripting / SQL Injection EDB-18884 · webapps · May 8, 2012 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- [oss-security] 20120508 CVE request: XSS and SQL injection in serendipity before 1.7.1 mailing-list
- http://www.rul3z.de/index.php?/214-KORAMISADV2012-001-Serendipity-1.6-Backend-Cross-Site-Scripting-and-SQL-Injection-vulnerability.html
- 53418 vdb-entry
- http://www.koramis.com/advisories/2012/KORAMIS-ADV2012-001.txt
- [oss-security] 20120508 Re: CVE request: XSS and SQL injection in serendipity before 1.7.1 mailing-list
- http://blog.s9y.org/archives/240-Serendipity-1.6.1-released.html
- 20120508 Serendipity 1.6 Backend Cross-Site Scripting and SQL-Injection vulnerability mailing-list