CVE-2023-53952 describes a remote code execution vulnerability in Dotclear 2.25.3, allowing authenticated attackers to upload malicious PHP files with a .phar extension via the blog post creation interface. This flaw enables arbitrary code execution on the server when the uploaded file is accessed. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires only low privileges, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploit modules available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.25.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:2.25.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
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
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.