SB2011092403 - Information disclosure in s9y Serendipity 



SB2011092403 - Information disclosure in s9y Serendipity

Published: September 24, 2011 Updated: August 11, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2011092403
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3800)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Serendipity 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by templates/newspaper/layout.php and certain other files.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.