CVE-2009-4412
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.85%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.85% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- s9y/serendipity
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://blog.s9y.org/archives/211-Serendipity-1.5-released.html
- http://osvdb.org/61245
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37830Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/21/1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3626Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54985
- http://blog.s9y.org/archives/211-Serendipity-1.5-released.html
- http://osvdb.org/61245
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37830Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/21/1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3626Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54985
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.