Serendipity 2.4.0 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Admin Entry Creation
Priority MEDIUM 56CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Serendipity 2.4.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated users to inject malicious scripts through blog entry creation. Attackers can craft entries with JavaScript payloads that will execute when other users view the compromised blog post.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00245 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-53932
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j8xx-87x5-273w
References
Exploit 1
Other 1
More s9y Serendipity vulnerabilities
- 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-2011-00987 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Xinha, as included in the Serendipity package before 1.5.5… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-08841 Serendipity before 2.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-53932 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-53932 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j8xx-87x5-273w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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