CVE-2023-53923

UliCMS 2023.1 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to create administrative accounts through the UserController endpoint. Attackers can send a crafted POST request to /dist/admin/index.php with specific parameters to generate a new admin user with full system access.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://web.archive.org/web/20230314183734/https://en.ulicms.de/	Product
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51433	Exploit
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ulicms-privilege-escalation-via-unauthenticated-admin-account-creation	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51433	Exploit

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ulicms:ulicms:2023.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-12-17 23:15

Updated : 2025-12-18 19:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-53923

Mitre link : CVE-2023-53923

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-53923

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ulicms

ulicms

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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