Serendipity < 2.6.1 Open Redirect via exit.php
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-601.
Summary
Serendipity before 2.6.1 contains an open redirect vulnerability in exit.php that allows unauthenticated attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external sites by supplying a malicious Base64-encoded url parameter when the Track Exits plugin is configured with commentredirection set to s9y. Attackers can craft trusted-looking URLs leveraging the legitimate blog domain to conduct phishing, deliver malware, or bypass URL reputation filters.
Why it matters now
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
- Fix · CNA Serendipity (s9y) Fixed in 2.6.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-67350
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xcqg-793j-q344
References
More s9y vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-47647 Serendipity < 2.6.1 Authentication Bypass via Username Collision CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- 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-2026-51712 Serendipity 2.3.5 Reflected XSS via search clean-URL route CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-67350 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-67350 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xcqg-793j-q344 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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