CVE-2013-5939

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Guestbook module for PHPCMS allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) list or (2) introduce parameter to index.php.

Published: 2014-05-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-5939 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.85%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.60% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-5939

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-5939

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 0.25% 1.85% +1.60%
2 2025-03-30 0.22% 0.25% +0.03%
3 2025-03-29 0.22%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5939

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5939

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-5939

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpcms guesbook_module cpe:2.3:a:phpcms:guesbook_module:-:*:*:*:*:phpcms:*:*

References for CVE-2013-5939

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