CVE-2024-58282
HighCVSS 7.2Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk62th percentile - higher than 62% of all known CVEs
Summary
Serendipity 2.5.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows authenticated administrators to upload malicious PHP files through the media upload functionality. Attackers can exploit the file upload mechanism by creating a PHP shell with a command execution form that enables arbitrary system command execution on the web server.
Risk Assessment
An administrator account can be abused to gain full control over the web server, leading to data and system compromise.
Recommendation
Update Serendipity to the latest version and restrict administrator privileges and validate uploaded files.
Other vulnerabilities in Serendipity
See all- CVE-2017-8101High
There is a CSRF vulnerability in Serendipity version 2.0.5 that allows attackers to install any themes via a GET request.
- CVE-2017-5609High
SQL injection vulnerability in include/functions_entries.inc.php in Serendipity 2.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat parameter.
- CVE-2017-5476High
Serendipity version 2.0.5 allows CSRF attacks that enable the installation of an event plugin or a sidebar plugin.
- CVE-2016-9752High
In Serendipity before 2.0.5, an attacker can bypass SSRF protection by using a malformed IP address (e.g., http://127.1) or a 30x (aka Redirection) HTTP status code.
- CVE-2026-73629High
Serendipity before 2.6.0 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability in the serendipity_url_allowed() filter that fails to block hex-encoded IPv4 addresses, IPv6 literals, and link-local ranges. Authenticated users with adminImagesAdd permission can bypass the filter using alternate address formats to request internal services and retrieve response bodies through the public uploads directory.
- CVE-2026-73628Medium
Serendipity versions >= 2.3.5 and <= 2.6.0 contain a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the search clean-URL route (/search/<term>). In include/functions_routing.inc.php serveSearch(), the sanitisation pipeline runs urldecode() after HTML-encoding, so a single URL-encoded HTML payload survives strip_tags() and htmlspecialchars() and is then decoded back into live HTML in the page. A crafted search link can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser. Fixed in 2.6.1.
- CVE-2026-67350Medium
Serendipity before version 2.6.1 contains an open redirect vulnerability in exit.php. Unauthenticated attackers can 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.
- CVE-2026-67351High
Serendipity before version 2.6.1 has an authentication context confusion vulnerability where password validation and session loading operate independently. An authenticated Editor can create a username collision with an Administrator account and obtain administrative privileges by logging in with their own password while the session loads the Administrator's account data.
Original NVD description (English source)
Serendipity 2.5.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows authenticated administrators to upload malicious PHP files through the media upload functionality. Attackers can exploit the file upload mechanism by creating a PHP shell with a command execution form that enables arbitrary system command execution on the web server.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS