SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2023-50982

CVE-2023-50982 — Stud

Stud.IP 5.x through 5.3.3 allows XSS with resultant upload of executable files, because upload_action and edit_action in Admin_SmileysController do not check the file extension. This leads to remote code execution with the privileges of the www-data user. The fixed versions are 5

CVSS
9.0 CRITICAL
EPSS
0.51% (top 33.70%)
CWE
—
Published
2024-01-08T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-06-03T14:39:16.020Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:R

01What is this vulnerability?

Stud.IP 5.x through 5.3.3 allows XSS with resultant upload of executable files, because upload_action and edit_action in Admin_SmileysController do not check the file extension. This leads to remote code execution with the privileges of the www-data user. The fixed versions are 5.3.4, 5.2.6, 5.1.7, and 5.0.9.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / n/an/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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