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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

Serendipity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Vulnerability (CVE-2023-53933)

Description

Serendipity 2.4.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to upload malicious PHP files with .phar extension. Attackers can upload files with system command payloads to the media upload endpoint and execute arbitrary commands on the server.

Remediation

References

CVE-2023-53933

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Severity

High

Classification

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities CWE-434 CVE-2023-53933

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