Vulnerability · CVE-2023-53971
WebTareas 2.4 contains a file upload vulnerability that allows authenticated users to upload malicious PHP files through the chat photo upload functionality.
Published Dec 22, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 7, 2026 · WebTareas
Last checked Nov 5, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2023-53971. EPSS is 0.48%. Act only if a listed version of WebTareas is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Same product and reporting
- CVE-2020-37080 · High
- CVE-2023-53972 · Critical
- Severity
- High8.7
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.48%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor luiswang WebTareas 2.4
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.
Are you affected?
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- vendor luiswang WebTareas 2.42.4
How to fix CVE-2023-53971
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 2.4
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2023-53971. EPSS is 0.48%. Act only if a listed version of WebTareas is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with luiswang WebTareas 2.4 2.4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.48%. There is no CISA KEV listing. 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.
Dec 22, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
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.
Apr 7, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
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.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-53971
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-53971
30-day exploitation probability 0.48%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2023-60233
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
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Nov 5, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSNov 5, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 30, 2026
- EUVDOct 30, 2026