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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-10964

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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31 Oct 2026, 10:41 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-10964

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Mar 2020, 22:15 UTC

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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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10964",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-10964",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "fixed": "b9037fb158dd30595011734bac05f6ae5ba4facf"
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              ],
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                      },
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
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          "versions": [
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:00.166299677Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://blog.s9y.org/archives/290-Serendipity-2.3.4-released-security-update.html",
        "https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/releases/tag/2.3.4"
      ],
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    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2020-10964",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382425,
  "published_at": "2020-03-25T22:15:12.217+00:00"
}