CVE-2013-1656

Exp

Spree Commerce 1.0.x through 1.3.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to instantiate arbitrary Ruby objects and execute arbitrary commands via the (1) payment_method parameter to core/app/controllers/spree/admin/payment_methods_controller.rb; and the (2) promotion_action parameter to promotion_actions_controller.rb, (3) promotion_rule parameter to promotion_rules_controller.rb, and (4) calculator_type parameter to promotions_controller.rb in promo/app/controllers/spree/admin/, related to unsafe use of the constantize function.

Published: 2013-03-08 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-1656 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-1656

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1656

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 2025-03-30 0.36% 0.30% -0.05%
2 2025-03-29 0.30% 0.36% +0.05%
3 2025-03-17 0.30%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1656

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:P/A:N 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1656

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-1656

GHSA-jxx8-v83v-rhw3 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Spree Improper Input Validation vulnerability

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1656

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
spreecommerce spree <= 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spreecommerce spree 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:spreecommerce:spree:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1656

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