CVE-2013-2143

Exp

The users controller in Katello 1.5.0-14 and earlier, and Red Hat Satellite, does not check authorization for the update_roles action, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by setting a user account to an administrator account.

Published: 2014-04-17 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-2143 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 61.47%, 98th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2013-2143

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32515 exploit_db edb 2014-03-26 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2143

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 2026-03-26 68.61% 61.47% -7.13%
2 2026-02-19 63.43% 68.61% +5.18%
3 2025-09-25 — 63.43% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2143

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-2143

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-2143

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2143

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2143

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat network_satellite — cpe:2.3:a:redhat:network_satellite:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
theforeman katello <= 1.5.0-14 cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:katello:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2143

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