CVE-2010-1916
The dynamic configuration feature in Xinha WYSIWYG editor 0.96 Beta 2 and earlier, as used in Serendipity 1.5.2 and earlier, allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and modify the configuration of arbitrary plugins via (1) crafted…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The dynamic configuration feature in Xinha WYSIWYG editor 0.96 Beta 2 and earlier, as used in Serendipity 1.5.2 and earlier, allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and modify the configuration of arbitrary plugins via (1) crafted backend_config_secret_key_location and backend_config_hash parameters that are used in a SHA1 hash of a shared secret that can be known or externally influenced, which are not properly handled by the "Deprecated config passing" feature; or (2) crafted backend_data and backend_data[key_location] variables, which are not properly handled by the xinha_read_passed_data function. NOTE: this can be leveraged to upload and possibly execute arbitrary files via config.inc.php in the ImageManager plugin.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.26% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- xinha/wysiwyg editor · s9y/serendipity
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.3% 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042577.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39782
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40124
- http://trac.xinha.org/ticket/1518
- http://www.php-security.org/2010/05/10/mops-2010-019-serendipity-wysiwyg-editor-plugin-configuration-injection-vulnerability/index.htmlExploit
- http://www.php-security.org/2010/05/10/mops-2010-020-xinha-wysiwyg-plugin-configuration-injection-vulnerability/index.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40033
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1401
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591701
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042577.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39782
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40124
- http://trac.xinha.org/ticket/1518
- http://www.php-security.org/2010/05/10/mops-2010-019-serendipity-wysiwyg-editor-plugin-configuration-injection-vulnerability/index.htmlExploit
- http://www.php-security.org/2010/05/10/mops-2010-020-xinha-wysiwyg-plugin-configuration-injection-vulnerability/index.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40033
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1401
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591701
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.