Webedition CMS v2.9.8.8 Remote Code Execution via PHP Page Creation

Advisories

severity: high
date: December 15, 2025
Affecting: Webedition CMS 2.9.8.8
CVE: CVE-2023-53883
CWE: CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVSS: 7.2
CVSS V4 Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References: ExploitDB-51661
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Credit: Mirabbas Ağalarov
Description: Webedition CMS v2.9.8.8 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject system commands through PHP page creation. Attackers can create a new PHP page with malicious system commands in the description field to execute arbitrary commands on the server.