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FKIE_CVE-2020-10964

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-03-25 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:48

Severity

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Serendipity before 2.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because the filename of a renamed file may end with a dot. This file may then be renamed to have a .php filename.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	https://blog.s9y.org/archives/290-Serendipity-2.3.4-released-security-update.html	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/releases/tag/2.3.4	Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://blog.s9y.org/archives/290-Serendipity-2.3.4-released-security-update.html	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/releases/tag/2.3.4	Release Notes, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	s9y	serendipity	*
	microsoft	windows	-

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CVE-2020-10964 (GCVE-0-2020-10964)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-25 21:53 – Updated: 2024-08-04 11:21

Summary

Serendipity before 2.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because the filename of a renamed file may end with a dot. This file may then be renamed to have a .php filename.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://blog.s9y.org/archives/290-Serendipity-2.3…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/releases/tag/2.3.4	x_refsource_MISC

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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