CVE-2015-6943

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-09-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the serendipity_checkCommentToken function in include/functions_comments.inc.php in Serendipity before 2.0.2, when "Use Tokens for Comment Moderation" is enabled, allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the serendipity[id] parameter to serendipity_admin.php.

Affected products

s9y Serendipity: through 2.0.1

References

http://blog.curesec.com/article/blog/Serendipity-201-Blind-SQL-Injection-52.html
http://blog.s9y.org/archives/265-Serendipity-2.0.2-Security-Fix-Release.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133428/Serendipity-2.0.1-Blind-SQL-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/10
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033558
http://blog.curesec.com/article/blog/Serendipity-201-Blind-SQL-Injection-52.html
http://blog.s9y.org/archives/265-Serendipity-2.0.2-Security-Fix-Release.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133428/Serendipity-2.0.1-Blind-SQL-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/10
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033558

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