CVE-2015-2289
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/2k11/admin/entries.tpl in Serendipity...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/2k11/admin/entries.tpl in Serendipity before 2.0.1 allows remote authenticated editors to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the serendipity[cat][name] parameter to serendipity_admin.php, when creating a new category.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/2k11/admin/entries.tpl in Serendipity before 2.0.1 allows remote authenticated editors to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the serendipity[cat][name] parameter to serendipity_admin.php, when creating a new category.
- Record
CVE-2015-2289- CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/2k11/admin/entries.tpl in Serendipity before 2.0.1 allows remote authenticated editors to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the serendipity[cat][name] parameter to serendipity_admin.php, when creating a new category.
- Record
CVE-2015-2289- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-2387 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/2k11/admin/entries.tpl in Serendipity before 2.0.1 allows remote authenticated editors to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the serendipity[cat][name] parameter to serendipity_admin.php, when creating a new category.
- Record
EUVD-2015-2387- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q2xc-gqrr-xffx No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/2k11/admin/entries.tpl in Serendipity...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/2k11/admin/entries.tpl in Serendipity before 2.0.1 allows remote authenticated editors to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the serendipity[cat][name] parameter to serendipity_admin.php, when creating a new category.
- Record
GHSA-q2xc-gqrr-xffx- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-2289 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.5) in S9y Serendipity, published March 23, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.64%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/archive/1/534871/100/0/threaded
packetstormsecurity.com/files/130838/Serendipity-CMS-2.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/14/1
blog.s9y.org/archives/263-Serendipity-2.0.1-released.html
github.com/s9y/Serendipity/commit/a30886d3bb9d8eeb6698948864c77caaa982435d
securitytracker.com/id/1031961
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2289