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TI-2006-06006 Aliases CVE-2006-6242GHSA-q2hv-8xqj-ff7h

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Serendipity 1.0.3 and earlier allow…

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Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Serendipity 1.0.3 and earlier allow remote attackers to read or include arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the serendipity[charset] parameter in (1) include/lang.inc.php; or to plugins/ scripts (2) serendipity_event_bbcode/serendipity_event_bbcode.php, (3) serendipity_event_browsercompatibility/serendipity_event_browsercompatibility.php, (4) serendipity_event_contentrewrite/serendipity_event_contentrewrite.php, (5) serendipity_event_creativecommons/serendipity_event_creativecommons.php, (6) serendipity_event_emoticate/serendipity_event_emoticate.php, (7) serendipity_event_entryproperties/serendipity_event_entryproperties.php, (8) serendipity_event_karma/serendipity_event_karma.php, (9) serendipity_event_livesearch/serendipity_event_livesearch.php, (10) serendipity_event_mailer/serendipity_event_mailer.php, (11) serendipity_event_nl2br/serendipity_event_nl2br.php, (12) serendipity_event_s9ymarkup/serendipity_event_s9ymarkup.php, (13) serendipity_event_searchhighlight/serendipity_event_searchhighlight.php, (14) serendipity_event_spamblock/serendipity_event_spamblock.php, (15) serendipity_event_spartacus/serendipity_event_spartacus.php, (16) serendipity_event_statistics/serendipity_plugin_statistics.php, (17) serendipity_event_templatechooser/serendipity_event_templatechooser.php, (18) serendipity_event_textile/serendipity_event_textile.php, (19) serendipity_event_textwiki/serendipity_event_textwiki.php, (20) serendipity_event_trackexits/serendipity_event_trackexits.php, (21) serendipity_event_weblogping/serendipity_event_weblogping.php, (22) serendipity_event_xhtmlcleanup/serendipity_event_xhtmlcleanup.php, (23) serendipity_plugin_comments/serendipity_plugin_comments.php, (24) serendipity_plugin_creativecommons/serendipity_plugin_creativecommons.php, (25) serendipity_plugin_entrylinks/serendipity_plugin_entrylinks.php, (26) serendipity_plugin_eventwrapper/serendipity_plugin_eventwrapper.php, (27) serendipity_plugin_history/serendipity_plugin_history.php, (28) serendipity_plugin_recententries/serendipity_plugin_recententries.php, (29) serendipity_plugin_remoterss/serendipity_plugin_remoterss.php, (30) serendipity_plugin_shoutbox/serendipity_plugin_shoutbox.php, and and (31) serendipity_plugin_templatedropdown/serendipity_plugin_templatedropdown.php.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0467 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 26

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.5_pl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5_pl1Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.6_pl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6_pl1Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.6_pl2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6_pl2Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.6_pl3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6_pl3Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.6_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6_rc1Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.6_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6_rc2Vulnerables9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.5_pl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5_pl1 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.6_pl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6_pl1 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.6_pl2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6_pl2 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.6_pl3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6_pl3 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.6_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6_rc1 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.6_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6_rc2 Vulnerable ·s9y
Show 16 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.1Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7_beta1Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7_beta2Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7_beta3Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7_beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7_beta4Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7_rc1Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.1Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.2Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.8_beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8_beta5Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.8_beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8_beta6Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.1Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.3Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.0_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0_beta2Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.0_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0_beta3Vulnerables9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.1 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7_beta1 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7_beta2 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7_beta3 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7_beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7_beta4 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7_rc1 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.1 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.2 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.8_beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8_beta5 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.8_beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8_beta6 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.1 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.3 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.0_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0_beta2 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.0_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0_beta3 Vulnerable ·s9y

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-6242
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q2hv-8xqj-ff7h

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-30216 Serendipity 2.4.0 Authenticated Remote Code Execution via File Upload CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2024-38379 Serendipity 2.5.0 Remote Code Execution via Authenticated Media Upload CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-28827 Serendipity: Host Header Injection leads to SMTP header injection via unvalidated HTTP_HOST CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2026-28819 Serendipity: Host Header Injection enables authentication cookie scoping to an attacker-controlled domain CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2023-30215 Serendipity 2.4.0 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Admin Entry Creation CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
  • TI-2011-00987 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Xinha, as included in the Serendipity package before 1.5.5… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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