What is CVE-2017-5609?

CVE-2017-5609 is a high-severity vulnerability in S9y Serendipity, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-01-28.

How severe is CVE-2017-5609?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in S9y Serendipity

CVE-2017-5609

SQL injection vulnerability in include/functions_entries.inc.php in Serendipity 2.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat parameter.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2017-01-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

S9y Serendipity — versions 2.0.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95850 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
github.com/s9y/Serendipity/releases/tag/2.1-rc1 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
github.com/s9y/Serendipity/commit/c62d667287f2d76c81e03a740a581eb3c51249b6 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5609?: CVE-2017-5609 is a high-severity vulnerability in S9y Serendipity, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-01-28.
How severe is CVE-2017-5609?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.