CVE-2012-2332
SQL injection vulnerability in serendipity/serendipity_admin.php in Serendipity before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the serendipity[plugin_to_conf] parameter.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.7%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in serendipity/serendipity_admin.php in Serendipity before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the serendipity[plugin_to_conf] parameter. NOTE: this issue might be resultant from cross-site request forgery (CSRF).
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.66% probability · 77th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 8 May 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- s9y/serendipity
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 1.7% 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.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0037.html
- http://blog.s9y.org/archives/240-Serendipity-1.6.1-released.html
- http://www.koramis.com/advisories/2012/KORAMIS-ADV2012-001.txtExploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/09/2
- http://www.rul3z.de/index.php?/214-KORAMISADV2012-001-Serendipity-1.6-Backend-Cross-Site-Scripting-and-SQL-Injection-vulnerability.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53418Exploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0037.html
- http://blog.s9y.org/archives/240-Serendipity-1.6.1-released.html
- http://www.koramis.com/advisories/2012/KORAMIS-ADV2012-001.txtExploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/09/2
- http://www.rul3z.de/index.php?/214-KORAMISADV2012-001-Serendipity-1.6-Backend-Cross-Site-Scripting-and-SQL-Injection-vulnerability.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53418Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.