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CVE-2009-4412
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Serendipity before 1.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading…
Medium6.0EPSS 1.9%
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- mitre
Description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Serendipity before 1.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension followed by a safe extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 21% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- [oss-security] 20091221 CVE request: Serendipity < 1.5 upload of files with *.php.* possible (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 61245 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- serendipity-unspecified-file-upload(54985) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3626 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 37830 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://blog.s9y.org/archives/211-Serendipity-1.5-released.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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