CVE-2013-2559

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SQL injection vulnerability in Symphony CMS before 2.3.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort parameter to system/authors/. NOTE: this can be leveraged using CSRF to allow remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands.

Published: 2014-03-27 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-2559 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.63%). Core evidence: 4 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-2013-2559

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
38417 exploit_db edb 2013-04-03 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2559

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 2026-05-17 1.15% 0.63% -0.53%
2 2025-11-10 1.35% 1.15% -0.20%
3 2025-03-19 1.35%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2559

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-2013-2559

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2559

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
getsymphony symphony <= 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:getsymphony:symphony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
getsymphony symphony 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:getsymphony:symphony:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
getsymphony symphony 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:getsymphony:symphony:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
getsymphony symphony 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:getsymphony:symphony:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
getsymphony symphony 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:getsymphony:symphony:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
getsymphony symphony 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:getsymphony:symphony:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
getsymphony symphony 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:getsymphony:symphony:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
getsymphony symphony 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:getsymphony:symphony:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
getsymphony symphony 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:getsymphony:symphony:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
getsymphony symphony 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:getsymphony:symphony:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2559

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