CVE-2015-6969

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in js/2k11.min.js in the 2k11 theme in Serendipity before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a user name in a comment, which is not properly handled in a Reply link.

Affected products

s9y Serendipity: through 2.0.1

References

http://blog.curesec.com/article/blog/Serendipity-201-Persistent-XSS-51.html
http://blog.s9y.org/archives/265-Serendipity-2.0.2-Security-Fix-Release.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133427/Serendipity-2.0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/9
http://blog.curesec.com/article/blog/Serendipity-201-Persistent-XSS-51.html
http://blog.s9y.org/archives/265-Serendipity-2.0.2-Security-Fix-Release.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133427/Serendipity-2.0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/9

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