CVE-2013-6043

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-12-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

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.

Affected products

Softaculous Webuzo: through 2.1.3; 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2

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

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