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CVE-2012-2331

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2331 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Serendipity before version 1.6.1, specifically within the serendipity/serendipity_admin_image_selector.php component, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the serendipity[textarea] parameter. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, as it requires medium attack complexity and could lead to partial integrity impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild (KEV), an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB (EDB-18884), and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18884 · May 8, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0468 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0037.html
blog.s9y.org / archives/240-Serendipity-1.6.1-released.html
secunia.com / advisories/49009
Vendor Advisory
github.com / s9y/Serendipity/commit/264bf55719baacc069ff9d3cc35f0c349cde11e3
ExploitPatch
koramis.com / advisories/2012/KORAMIS-ADV2012-001.txt
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/05/09/2
rul3z.de / index.php
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/53418
Exploit