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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-4878

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…

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 7.5EPSS 33.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 33.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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.

CVSS 2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
33.25% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 5 June 2013
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
parallels/parallels plesk panel · parallels/parallels small business panel
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%18%35%28 October 2026: 33.25%4 November 2026: 33.25%28 October 20264 November 2026

EPSS moved from 33.3% on 28 October 2026 to 33.3% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-25986source ↗Plesk < 9.5.4 - Remote Command Executionphp · kingcoperemote5 June 2013yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.