MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2013-6025

Adaptive Server Enterprise vulnerability

CVSS
4.0
EPSS
8.2%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
The XMLParse procedure in SAP Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15.7 ESD 2 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a SQL statement containing an XML document with an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Affected vendor
Sybase
Affected product
Adaptive Server Enterprise
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2013-10-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 8.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-6025

  • Confirm whether Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-6025.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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