CVE-2013-0233

Exp

Devise gem 2.2.x before 2.2.3, 2.1.x before 2.1.3, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 for Ruby, when using certain databases, does not properly perform type conversion when performing database queries, which might allow remote attackers to cause incorrect results to be returned and bypass security checks via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by resetting passwords of arbitrary accounts.

Published: 2013-04-25 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-0233 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 68.82%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.05% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-0233

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0233

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 2025-12-28 67.77% 68.82% +1.05%
2 2025-12-27 68.82% 67.77% -1.05%
3 2025-10-28 — 68.82% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0233

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0233

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-0233

GHSA-jxhw-mg8m-2pj8 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Devise does not properly perform type conversion when performing database queries

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0233

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-0233 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ruby-devise), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0233
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-0233 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ruby-devise), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 4, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0233

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2013-0233

Impact: Per http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00000.html "Affected Products: openSUSE 12.2"

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0233

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
plataformatec devise 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:plataformatec:devise:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plataformatec devise 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:plataformatec:devise:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plataformatec devise 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:plataformatec:devise:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plataformatec devise 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:plataformatec:devise:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plataformatec devise 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:plataformatec:devise:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plataformatec devise 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:plataformatec:devise:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plataformatec devise 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:plataformatec:devise:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plataformatec devise 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:plataformatec:devise:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plataformatec devise 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:plataformatec:devise:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plataformatec devise 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:plataformatec:devise:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plataformatec devise 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:plataformatec:devise:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plataformatec devise 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:plataformatec:devise:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plataformatec devise 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:plataformatec:devise:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plataformatec devise 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:plataformatec:devise:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plataformatec devise 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:plataformatec:devise:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0233

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