CVE-2013-4878

Exp

The default configuration of Parallels Plesk Panel 9.0.x and 9.2.x on UNIX, and Small Business Panel 10.x on UNIX, has an improper ScriptAlias directive for phppath, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1823.

Published: 2013-07-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-4878 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 31.07%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +17.13% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-4878

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25986 exploit_db edb 2013-06-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4878

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 13.94% 31.07% +17.13%
2 2026-02-15 17.23% 13.94% -3.29%
3 2025-09-15 17.23%

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4878

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4878

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4878

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
parallels parallels_plesk_panel 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_plesk_panel:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
parallels parallels_plesk_panel 9.2 cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_plesk_panel:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
parallels parallels_small_business_panel 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_small_business_panel:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4878

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