CVE-2009-4412

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54985

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3626

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/21/1

http://secunia.com/advisories/37830

http://osvdb.org/61245

http://blog.s9y.org/archives/211-Serendipity-1.5-released.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-12-24

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02105