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Serendipity <= 1.1.3 Authentication Bypass

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4163

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a flaw that allows for the bypassing of authentication

Description

The remote host is running Serendipity, a web log application. This version of Serendipity is vulnerable to a flaw where authenticated users can access restricted 'administrative' functions. An attacker exploiting this flaw would require a user ID and password to some portion of the web application. Successful exploitation would allow the user to gain limited administrative access.

Solution

Upgrade to a version higher than 1.1.3 or 1.2-beta4.

See Also

http://www.s9y.org

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4163

Family: CGI

Published: 8/8/2007

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:serendipity:serendipity

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4282

BID: 25235