CVE-2016-9681 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Serendipity before 2.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a category or directory name.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00235.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
S9y	Serendipity

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-10482	Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Serendipity before 2.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a category or directory name.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95095
https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/commit/e2a665e13b7de82a71c9bbb77575d15131b722be
https://smarterbitbybit.com/cve-2016-9681-serendipity-cms-xss-vulnerability-in-version-2-0-4/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-12-25T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:59:03.344Z

Reserved: 2016-11-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9681

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-25T17:59:00.137

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-9681

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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