CVE-2016-9681 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2016-12-25

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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-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.

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.

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.

Subscriptions

S9y Serendipity

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-12-25T17:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2016-11-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9681

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-9681

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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