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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2023-33440 in the critical feed json

Sourcecodester Faculty Evaluation System v1.0 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via /eval/ajax.php?action=save_user.

published 2023-05-26 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-37603

cvss
7.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.5%
EPSS 14.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Sourcecodester Faculty Evaluation System v1.0 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via /eval/ajax.php?action=save_user.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-51495)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

14.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-51495 Faculty Evaluation System 1.0 - Unauthenticated File Upload webapps, 2023-05-31
  • Nuclei template Faculty Evaluation System v1.0 - Remote Code Execution nuclei detection template
  • github.com https://github.com/F14me7wq/bug_report/blob/main/vendors/oretnom23/faculty-evaluation-system/RCE-1.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.