Secunia Security Advisory - Erich Schubert has reported a vulnerability in Serendipity, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Serendipity Extended Properties For Entries Security Bypass
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26347
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26347/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Serendipity 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/12371/
DESCRIPTION:
Erich Schubert has reported a vulnerability in Serendipity, which can
be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The extended properties for entries plugin does not properly restrict
access to entries to users having valid passwords to the entries.
Successful exploitation requires that the extended properties for
entries plugin is installed and used.
The vulnerability is reported in version 1.1.3. Prior versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.1.4.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Erich Schubert
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=722867
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