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TI-2009-04175 Aliases CVE-2009-4412GHSA-8cfv-9qv6-xqgf

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Serendipity before 1.5 allows remote…

Priority LOW 31Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
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

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01852 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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 · 34

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:*:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.5Vulnerables9y
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:pl3:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6 pl3Vulnerables9y
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:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8Vulnerables9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:*:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.5 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • 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:pl3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6 pl3 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • 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:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8 Vulnerable ·s9y
Show 24 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
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:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.3Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.4Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.5Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.1Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.1Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.2Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.3Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.4Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1 beta1Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.1Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.2Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.3Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.4Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.1Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.1Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4Vulnerables9y
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.1Vulnerables9y
  • 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:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.3 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.4 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.5 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.1 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.2 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.3 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.4 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1 beta1 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.1 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.2 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.3 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.4 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.1 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.1 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4 Vulnerable ·s9y
  • cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.1 Vulnerable ·s9y

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-4412
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8cfv-9qv6-xqgf

References

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • 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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