CVE-2013-2249

Exp

mod_session_dbd.c in the mod_session_dbd module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.5 proceeds with save operations for a session without considering the dirty flag and the requirement for a new session ID, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.

Published: 2013-07-23 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-2249 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.26%, 96th percentile). 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-2013-2249

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2249

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 43.66% 14.26% -29.41%
2 2026-03-08 33.66% 43.66% +10.00%
3 2026-03-04 33.66%

Full EPSS history (35 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2249

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-2249

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-2249

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-2249 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (apache2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2249
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2249
suse high CVE-2013-2249 severity important: SUSE including 81 source package names (apache2, apache2-2.4.10-6.1, …), 239 product×package rows across 54 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (54 product lines)): Known Not Affected 147, Fixed 92. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2249/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-2249 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (apache2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): not-affected 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2249

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2249

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache http_server >= 2.4.1, <= 2.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2249

URL Tags
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10698 Third Party Advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/session/mod_session_dbd.c?r1=1409170&r2=1488158&diff_format=h Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-2249 Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4.6 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r05b5357d1f6bd106f41541ee7d87aafe3f5ea4dc3e9bde5ce09baff8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r476d175be0aaf4a17680ef98c5153b4d336eaef76fb2224cc94c463a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r76142b8c5119df2178be7c2dba88fde552eedeec37ea993dfce68d1d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9b4b963760a3cb5a4a70c902f325c6c0337fe51d5b8570416f8f8729%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcc44594d4d6579b90deccd4536b5d31f099ef563df39b094be286b9e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
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