CVE-2019-11870 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Serendipity before 2.1.5 has XSS via EXIF data that is mishandled in the templates/2k11/admin/media_choose.tpl Editor Preview feature or the templates/2k11/admin/media_items.tpl Media Library feature.

Published: 2019-05-09

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-3530	Serendipity before 2.1.5 has XSS via EXIF data that is mishandled in the templates/2k11/admin/media_choose.tpl Editor Preview feature or the templates/2k11/admin/media_items.tpl Media Library feature.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01293.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/10/1
https://blog.s9y.org/archives/282-Serendipity-2.1.5-released.html
https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/issues/598
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/03/3

History

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Subscriptions

S9y Serendipity

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-05-09T21:25:09.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T23:03:32.930Z

Reserved: 2019-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-11870

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-05-09T23:29:00.293

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:13:46.563

Link: CVE-2019-11870

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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