Is CVE-2023-53886 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-53886 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-53886?

CVE-2023-53886 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-53886?

CVE-2023-53886 has an EPSS score of 0.36% (28th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-53886

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Xlight FTP Server 3.9.3.6 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'Execute Program' configuration that allows attackers to crash the application. Attackers can trigger the vulnerability by inserting 294 characters into the program execution configuration, causing a denial of service condition.

CWE-121 CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days

28thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 28% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-12-18.