CVE•Published 2025-12-19•Modified 2026-10-08•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2023-53957Kimai · Kimai
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
47
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 53% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Kimai 1.30.10 contains a SameSite cookie vulnerability that allows attackers to steal user session cookies through malicious exploitation. Attackers can trick victims into executing a crafted PHP script that captures and writes session cookie information to a file, enabling potential session hijacking.
Timeline
Published 2025-12-19
Modified 2026-10-08
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2023-53957Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Kimai Kimai" version:"1.30.10"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Kimai"HTTP body or banner mentions "Kimai" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2023-53957Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2023-53957Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2023-53957Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2023-53957GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2023-53957" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2023-53957 on GitHub.