CVE-2013-2642

Exp

Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.8.2 allows (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the client-ip parameter to the Block page, when using the user_workstation variable in a customized template, and remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (2) url parameter to the Diagnostic Tools functionality or (3) entries parameter to the Local Site List functionality.

Published: 2014-03-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-2642 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.18%, 93th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-2642

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24932 exploit_db edb 2013-04-08 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2642

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 11.96% 7.18% -4.78%
2 2026-03-04 9.54% 11.96% +2.42%
3 2026-01-22 — 9.54% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2642

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-2642

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2642

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sophos web_appliance_firmware <= 3.7.8.1 cpe:2.3:o:sophos:web_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sophos web_appliance — cpe:2.3:h:sophos:web_appliance:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2642

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