Critical
Security advisory
Serendipity before 2.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because the filename of a renamed file may end with a dot. This file may then be renamed to have a .php filename.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-10964
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Serendipity before 2.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because the filename of a renamed file may end with a dot. This file may then be renamed to have a .php filename.
osv:CVE-2020-10964
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 382425,
"published_at": "2020-03-25T22:15:12.217+00:00"
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