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CVE-2023-38836

82
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-38836 is a critical file upload vulnerability affecting BoidCMS version 2.0.0, allowing authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability, rated 8.8 HIGH, stems from insufficient MIME type validation, which can be bypassed by prepending a GIF header to malicious files. Exploit code is publicly available, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation, though it is not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog. Despite the high EPSS score and FAUCET Risk Score of 100/100, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:boidcms:boidcms:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
69.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: BoidCMS Command Injection · Jul 13, 2023
ExploitDB: EDB-51741 · Oct 9, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6900 is in the 99th 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

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/175026/BoidCMS-2.0.0-Shell-Upload.html
github.com / BoidCMS/BoidCMS/issues/27
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory