confirm.php in ATutor 2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain access as an existing user via the auto_login parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9753 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.84%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-11-22 | 1.68% | 1.84% | +0.16% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 35.00% | 1.68% | -33.31% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 35.00% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
|
3.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2015-06 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/11 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://update.atutor.ca/patch/2_2/2_2-6/patch.xml | Broken Link |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536835/100/0/threaded | Broken Link |
| https://github.com/atutor/ATutor/commit/950a0299954e69b8742cc1f1a632f564435d4d7d | Patch Third Party Advisory |