CVE-2013-2586

Xampp vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

5.2%

EPSS pct

92th

Exploited

No known

XAMPP 1.8.1 does not properly restrict access to xampp/lang.php, which allows remote attackers to modify xampp/lang.tmp and execute cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the WriteIntoLocalDisk method.

Affected vendor

Apachefriends

Affected product

Xampp

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2014-09-29

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 5.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Apachefriends Xampp is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-2586.
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