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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-8102

Stored XSS in Serendipity v2.1-rc1 allows an attacker to steal an admin's cookie and other information by composing a new entry as an editor user. This is related to lack of the serendipity_event_xsstrust plugin and a set_config error in that plugin.

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CVE-2017-8102
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31 Oct 2026, 09:56 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-8102

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Apr 2017, 18:59 UTC

Stored XSS in Serendipity v2.1-rc1 allows an attacker to steal an admin's cookie and other information by composing a new entry as an editor user. This is related to lack of the serendipity_event_xsstrust plugin and a set_config error in that plugin.

osv:CVE-2017-8102
Complete source record
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  "id": "2d63e3d8b84ce17478846217cf815aa51667ccc4e359d7bdf4748e44d3bfa93e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8102",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-8102",
    "summary": "Stored XSS in Serendipity v2.1-rc1 allows an attacker to steal an admin's cookie and other information by composing a new entry as an editor user. This is related to lack of the serendipity_event_xsstrust plugin and a set_config error in that plugin.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-8102",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-8102",
      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "ba6d9ee12711f56844bfa00eb3f4010dd1f70258"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:2.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.1-rc1"
                      },
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                        "last_affected": "2.1-rc1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.1-rc1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-8102.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:03.601022122Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/issues/456"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-8102",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380438,
  "published_at": "2017-04-24T18:59:00.803+00:00"
}