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CVE-2013-10053

43
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-10053 describes a remote command execution vulnerability in ZPanel version 10.0.0.2, specifically within its htpasswd module. An authenticated attacker can inject shell metacharacters into the inHTUsername field when creating .htaccess files, leading to arbitrary system command execution due to unsanitized input passed to a system() call. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.7, indicating a network-based attack with low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, exploit modules are available in Metasploit, and it has garnered significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0, <= 10.0.0.2CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:zpanel_project:zpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

8.7HIGH

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/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
LOW
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
1.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: ZPanel 10.0.0.2 htpasswd Module Username Command Execution · Jun 7, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0108 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / zpanel/zpanelx
raw.githubusercontent.com / rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/zpanel_username_exec.rb
web.archive.org / web/20130617014355/http://forums.zpanelcp.com/showthread.php
vulncheck.com / advisories/zpanel-htpasswd-module-username-command-execution