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CVE-2023-53971 (GCVE-0-2023-53971)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-22 21:35 – Updated: 2026-04-07 14:08
VLAI
Title
WebTareas 2.4 Authenticated Remote Code Execution via File Upload
Summary
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-22 21:58 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
luiswang WebTareas Affected: 2.4
    cpe:2.3:a:webtareas_project:webtareas:2.4:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2023-03-27 00:00
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