Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2013-4878

Parallels Plesk Panel and Small Business Panel ScriptAlias Directive Vulnerability

Published Jun 6, 2013 · catalog updated Jun 6, 2013 · Parallels Plesk Panel and

Patch now

CVE-2013-4878 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Parallels Plesk Panel and against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
31.07%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor parallels parallels_plesk_panel

The default configuration of Parallels Plesk Panel 9.0.x and 9.2.x on UNIX, and Small Business Panel 10.x on UNIX, has an improper ScriptAlias directive for phppath, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1823.

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  • vendor parallels parallels_plesk_panelversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2013-4878

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2013-4878 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Parallels Plesk Panel and against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 31.07%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 6, 2013 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The default configuration of Parallels Plesk Panel 9.0.x and 9.2.x on UNIX, and Small Business Panel 10.x on UNIX, has an improper ScriptAlias directive for phppath, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1823.

  2. Jun 6, 2013 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2013-4878

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2013-4878

    30-day exploitation probability 31.1%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2013-4878

    The default configuration of Parallels Plesk Panel 9.0.x and 9.2.x on UNIX, and Small Business Panel 10.x on UNIX, has an improper ScriptAlias directive for phppath, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request, a different vulnerabil

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.