{"id":"CVE-2023-33480","aliases":["EUVD-2023-37643","GHSA-ghwh-356h-wcgq"],"status":"published","title":"RemoteClinic 2.0 contains a critical vulnerability chain that can be exploited by a remote...","description":"RemoteClinic 2.0 contains a critical vulnerability chain that can be exploited by a remote attacker with low-privileged user credentials to create admin users, escalate privileges, and execute arbitrary code on the target system via a PHP shell. The vulnerabilities are caused by a lack of input validation and access control in the staff/register.php endpoint and the edit-my-profile.php page. By sending a series of specially crafted requests to the RemoteClinic application, an attacker can create admin users with more privileges than their own, upload a PHP file containing arbitrary code, and execute arbitrary commands via the PHP shell.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.02438,"percentile":0.84408,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-434"],"published":"2023-11-07T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:01:48Z","products":[{"vendor":"remoteclinic","product":"remote_clinic"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/remoteclinic/RemoteClinic/issues/24","tags":["x_transferred","Exploit","Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33480"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ghwh-356h-wcgq"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-33480","description":"RemoteClinic 2.0 contains a critical vulnerability chain that can be exploited by a remote attacker with low-privileged user credentials to create admin users, escalate privileges, and execute arbitrary code on the target system via a PHP shell. 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