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CVE-2013-10038

46
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-10038 describes an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in FlashChat versions 6.0.2 and 6.0.4 through 6.0.8. Attackers can exploit the upload.php endpoint due to improper file type validation and lack of authentication, allowing the upload of malicious PHP scripts. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) enables remote arbitrary code execution as the web server user, posing a severe risk to affected systems. Exploit code is publicly available via a Metasploit module, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating a high potential for exploitation despite not being on the CISA KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.0.4, <= 6.0.8CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:tufat:flashchat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

9.3CRITICAL

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: FlashChat Arbitrary File Upload · Oct 4, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

raw.githubusercontent.com / rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/flashchat_upload_exec.rb
exploit-db.com / exploits/28709
fortiguard.com / encyclopedia/ips/37342/flashchat-arbitrary-file-upload
phpbb.com / community/viewtopic.php
vulncheck.com / advisories/flashchat-arbitrary-file-upload-rce