SB2017012819 - Multiple vulnerabilities in s9y Serendipity

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8101)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

2) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5609)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the cat parameter. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Apr/52
• https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/issues/452
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95850
• https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/commit/c62d667287f2d76c81e03a740a581eb3c51249b6
• https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/releases/tag/2.1-rc1