https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/176
Published Oct 28, 2011
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Affected Software
1 affected component
serendipity Serendipity
The severity of CVE-2011-4055 is considered critical due to the potential for backend XSS attacks in multiuser environments.
You can fix CVE-2011-4055 by upgrading to Serendipity version 1.6 or later, which addresses the backend XSS vulnerability.
CVE-2011-4055 is a vulnerability in Serendipity that allows backend XSS attacks through the karma plugin and inadequate media database filtering.
Administrators of Serendipity installations, particularly those that allow multiple users, should be concerned about CVE-2011-4055.
The potential impacts of CVE-2011-4055 include privilege escalation and unauthorized access to sensitive data within a multiuser web application.