CVE-2015-2289

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/2k11/admin/entries.tpl in Serendipity before 2.0.1 allows remote authenticated editors to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the serendipity[cat][name] parameter to serendipity_admin.php, when creating a new category.

Affected products

s9y Serendipity: through 2.0

References

http://blog.s9y.org/archives/263-Serendipity-2.0.1-released.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130838/Serendipity-CMS-2.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/14/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534871/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031961
https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/commit/a30886d3bb9d8eeb6698948864c77caaa982435d
http://blog.s9y.org/archives/263-Serendipity-2.0.1-released.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130838/Serendipity-CMS-2.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/14/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534871/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031961
https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/commit/a30886d3bb9d8eeb6698948864c77caaa982435d

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