CVE-2016-9752

In Serendipity before 2.0.5, an attacker can bypass SSRF protection by using a malformed IP address (e.g., http://127.1) or a 30x (aka Redirection) HTTP status code.

Published: 2016-12-01 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-9752 is rated Moderate Risk (56.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.06%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-9752

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.18% 1.06% +0.87%
2 2025-03-30 0.39% 0.18% -0.20%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.39% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-9752

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.6 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 4.0 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-9752

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-9752

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-9752 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (serendipity), 6 status rows across 6 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 4, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9752

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-9752

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
s9y serendipity <= 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:s9y:serendipity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-9752

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