CVE-2013-3598

Directory traversal vulnerability in servlet/CreateTemplateServlet in SearchBlox before 7.5 build 1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the name parameter.

Published: 2013-08-28 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-3598 is rated Moderate Risk (47/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.94%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-3598

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 2025-09-23 0.32% 0.94% +0.62%
2 2025-03-17 0.56% 0.32% -0.25%
3 2024-09-21 0.56%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-3598

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-3598

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-3598

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
searchblox searchblox <= 7.5 cpe:2.3:a:searchblox:searchblox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
searchblox searchblox 6.2 cpe:2.3:a:searchblox:searchblox:6.2:build_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
searchblox searchblox 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:searchblox:searchblox:6.3:build_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
searchblox searchblox 6.4 cpe:2.3:a:searchblox:searchblox:6.4:build_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
searchblox searchblox 6.4 cpe:2.3:a:searchblox:searchblox:6.4:build_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
searchblox searchblox 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:searchblox:searchblox:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
searchblox searchblox 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:searchblox:searchblox:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
searchblox searchblox 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:searchblox:searchblox:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
searchblox searchblox 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:searchblox:searchblox:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
searchblox searchblox 7.4 cpe:2.3:a:searchblox:searchblox:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-3598

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