CVE-2023-53959

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 57.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.5 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-12-19 21:05Z10 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-04-07 14:08Z6 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-12-19

Assigning CNA

VulnCheck

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

eff30e2bd0ed952c472a1177aa3c2d909918e4fe60b044645d6ec6d59c4a6519

• www.exploit-db.comExploitDB-51267https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51267exploit
• filezilla-project.orgOfficial Product Homepagehttps://filezilla-project.org/product
• www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: FileZilla Client 3.63.1 DLL Hijacking via Missing TextShaping.dllhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/filezilla-client-dll-hijacking-via-missing-textshapingdllthird-party-advisory