CVE-2013-6043

Exp

The login function in Softaculous Webuzo before 2.1.4 provides different error messages for invalid authentication attempts depending on whether the user account exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate usernames via a series of requests.

Published: 2014-12-27 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-6043 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.73%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.32% 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-2013-6043

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31982 exploit_db edb 2014-02-28 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-6043

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 2026-04-05 7.41% 11.73% +4.32%
2 2025-11-11 6.83% 7.41% +0.59%
3 2025-03-30 6.83%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6043

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-6043

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6043

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
softaculous webuzo <= 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:softaculous:webuzo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
softaculous webuzo 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:softaculous:webuzo:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
softaculous webuzo 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:softaculous:webuzo:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
softaculous webuzo 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:softaculous:webuzo:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-6043

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