XSS in S9y Serendipity

CVE-2011-4090

Serendipity before 1.6 has an XSS issue in the karma plugin which may allow privilege escalation.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.034 (87.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

S9y Serendipity
Serendipity — versions before 1.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-4090?: CVE-2011-4090 is a medium-severity vulnerability in S9y Serendipity, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-11-26.
How severe is CVE-2011-4090?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.