PT-2025-52708 · Webtareas · Webtareas

Hubert Wojciechowski · Published 2025-12-22 · Updated 2025-12-26 · CVE-2023-53971

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WebTareas version 2.4

Description WebTareas 2.4 has a file upload issue that permits authenticated users to upload malicious PHP files via the chat photo upload feature. An attacker can upload a PHP file containing arbitrary code to the /files/Messages/ directory and then execute it directly using the generated file path. The vulnerability allows for remote code execution.

Recommendations WebTareas version 2.4: Restrict file uploads in the chat photo upload functionality.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Unrestricted File Upload

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-434

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-53971

Affected Products

Webtareas

References · 11

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/51089 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53971 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53971 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/webtareas · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/146910 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/2003234005303378389 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2003290908687515725 · Twitter Post
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/webtareas-authenticated-remote-code-execution-via-file-upload · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/40439 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/TheHackerWire/status/2003281440239460465 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2003233946977673451 · Twitter Post