CVE-2016-10082

critical
Published 2016-12-30 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

include/functions_installer.inc.php in Serendipity through 2.0.5 is vulnerable to File Inclusion and a possible Code Execution attack during a first-time installation because it fails to sanitize the dbType POST parameter before adding it to an include() call in the bundled-libs/serendipity_generateFTPChecksums.php file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/issues/433

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/commit/bba6a840f4d53cbaf62971a3078a98c8ddf92b85

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
s9yserendipity{"endIncluding":"2.0.5"}

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.