HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2013-0267

Vcl vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
The Privileges portion of the web GUI and the XMLRPC API in Apache VCL 2.3.x before 2.3.2, 2.2.x before 2.2.2 and 2.1 allow remote authenticated users with nodeAdmin, manageGroup, resourceGrant, or userGrant permissions to gain privileges, cause a denial of service, or conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging improper data validation.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Vcl
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2018-02-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-0267

  • Confirm whether Apache Vcl is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-0267.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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