CVE-2013-6043
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.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.89% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 28 February 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- softaculous/webuzo
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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.
References
- http://www.softaculous.com/board/index.php?tid=4526&title=Webuzo_2.1.4_Launched
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140126212101/http://www.baesystemsdetica.com.au/Research/Advisories/Webuzo-Multiple-Vulnerabilities-%28DS-2013-007%29
- http://www.softaculous.com/board/index.php?tid=4526&title=Webuzo_2.1.4_Launched
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140126212101/http://www.baesystemsdetica.com.au/Research/Advisories/Webuzo-Multiple-Vulnerabilities-%28DS-2013-007%29
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.