CVE-2013-0184

Unspecified vulnerability in Rack::Auth::AbstractRequest in Rack 1.1.x before 1.1.5, 1.2.x before 1.2.7, 1.3.x before 1.3.9, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors related to "symbolized arbitrary strings."

Published: 2013-03-01 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-0184 is rated Moderate Risk (47.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.42%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.71% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0184

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.71% 2.42% +1.71%
2 2025-03-30 1.68% 0.71% -0.98%
3 2025-03-29 1.68%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0184

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0184

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-0184

GHSA-v882-ccj6-jc48 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Rack vulnerable to Denial of Service

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0184

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-0184 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ruby-rack), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0184
gentoo high CVE-2013-0184: 1 GLSA(s) (201405-10), 1 atom(s) (dev-ruby/rack); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-0184
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0184
ubuntu low CVE-2013-0184 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ruby-rack), 15 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 9, DNE 3, ignored 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0184

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0184

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rack_project rack 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack_project rack 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0184

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