CVE-2023-53937

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 42/100
Published: 2025-12-18 Modified: 2026-10-29 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
AT: None
VC: High
VI: High
VA: High

Description

Hubstaff 1.6.13 and 1.6.14 contain a DLL search order hijacking vulnerability that allows attackers to replace a missing system32 wow64log.dll with a malicious library. Attackers can generate a custom DLL using Metasploit and place it in the system32 directory to obtain a reverse shell during application startup.

Affected Software (6)

VendorProductVersion
Hubstaff Hubstaff 1.6.13
Hubstaff Hubstaff 1.6.14
Hubstaff Hubstaff 1.6.13
Hubstaff Hubstaff 1.6.14
hubstaff hubstaff 1.6.13
hubstaff hubstaff 1.6.14

Bug Bounty Relevance

42 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.5 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.22%
Raw Score 0.002240
Percentile 13.1%
Date 2026-10-29

Intelligence Sources

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