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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2023-43740 json

Online Book Store Project v1.0 - Insecure File Upload

published 2023-09-28 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-48120

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Online Book Store Project v1.0 is vulnerable to an Insecure File Upload vulnerability on the 'image' parameter of admin_edit.php page, allowing an authenticated attacker to obtain Remote Code Execution on the server hosting the application.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • fluidattacks.com https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/shagrath referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Online Book Store Project Online Book Store Project
  • projectworlds online_book_store_project

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

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.