CVE-2023-53971

8.7 highEPSS 0.5%

High (8.7) in webtareas project webtareas. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

WebTareas 2.4 contains a file upload vulnerability that allows authenticated users to upload malicious PHP files through the chat photo upload functionality. Attackers can upload a PHP file with arbitrary code to the /files/Messages/ directory and execute it directly through the generated file path.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

8.7 high

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 41% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-434
Published: 2025-12-22
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

webtareas_project:webtareas

References

https://sourceforge.net/projects/webtareas/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51089
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/webtareas-authenticated-remote-code-execution-via-file-upload

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