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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-9681

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Serendipity before 2.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a category or directory name.

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CVE-2016-9681
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31 Oct 2026, 09:48 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-9681

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Dec 2016, 17:59 UTC

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Serendipity before 2.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a category or directory name.

osv:CVE-2016-9681
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9681",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Serendipity before 2.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a category or directory name.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-9681",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "55d0cc21cb34ab50bb92ede65b07cc62c30008d6"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "e2a665e13b7de82a71c9bbb77575d15131b722be"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.0.4"
                      }
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "2.1-beta2",
            "2.1-beta1",
            "2.0.2",
            "2.0.1",
            "2.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:59.825712580Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/commit/e2a665e13b7de82a71c9bbb77575d15131b722be",
        "https://smarterbitbybit.com/cve-2016-9681-serendipity-cms-xss-vulnerability-in-version-2-0-4/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-9681",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379916,
  "published_at": "2016-12-25T17:59:00.137+00:00"
}