CVE-2016-10082 — include/functions_installer.inc.php in Serendipity through 2.0.5 is vulnerable to File Inclusion and a possible Code Execution attack during a first-time installation because it fails to sanitize the dbType POST parameter before adding it to an include() call in the bundled-libs/serendipity_generateFTPChecksums.php file

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CRITICAL

include/functions_installer.inc.php in Serendipity through 2.0.5 is vulnerable to File Inclusion and a possible Code Execution attack during a first-time installation because it fails to sanitize the dbType POST parameter before adding it to an include() call in the bundled-libs/serendipity_generateFTPChecksums.php file

Published Dec 30, 2016

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 2.88%

Description

include/functions_installer.inc.php in Serendipity through 2.0.5 is vulnerable to File Inclusion and a possible Code Execution attack during a first-time installation because it fails to sanitize the dbType POST parameter before adding it to an include() call in the bundled-libs/serendipity_generateFTPChecksums.php file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.88% 0.02883

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02883

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.88% (0.02883)	86.37th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.88% (0.02883)	84.99th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	1.64% (0.01640)	80.26th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	3.04% (0.03040)	77.71th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.64% (0.01640)	80.67th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.60% (0.00601)	79.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.60% (0.00601)	77.79th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.60% (0.00601)	75.16th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.58% (0.02578)	82.08th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.58% (0.02578)	80.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.58% (0.02578)	61.77th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-284

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95165
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/commit/bba6a840f4d53cbaf62971a3078a98c8ddf92b85
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/issues/433
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95165		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/commit/bba6a840f4d53cbaf62971a3078a98c8ddf92b85		x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/s9y/Serendipity/issues/433		x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 30, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Dec 30, 2016

Link CVE-2016-10082

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-10082

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-10082