CVE-2013-2578

Exp

cgi-bin/admin/servetest in TP-Link IP Cameras TL-SC3130, TL-SC3130G, TL-SC3171, TL-SC3171G, and possibly other models before beta firmware LM.1.6.18P12_sign6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the ServerName parameter and (2) other unspecified parameters.

Published: 2013-10-11 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-2578 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 74.54%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.26% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2013-2578

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27289 exploit_db edb 2013-08-02 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2578

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 2026-06-01 72.28% 74.54% +2.26%
2 2025-08-02 69.06% 72.28% +3.22%
3 2025-03-30 69.06%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2578

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-2578

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2578

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tp-link tl-sc3130 cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-sc3130:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tp-link tl-sc3130g cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-sc3130g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tp-link tl-sc3171 cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-sc3171:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tp-link tl-sc3171g cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-sc3171g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tp-link lm_firmware <= 1.6.18p12_sign5 cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:lm_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2578

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