CVE-2013-5039

Exp

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in goform/wlanBasicSecurity on the HOT HOTBOX router with software 2.1.11 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the WiFi Security field to Deactivated via the WifiSecurity parameter.

Published: 2013-12-30 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-5039 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.13%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.07% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-5039

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29518 exploit_db edb 2013-11-08 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-5039

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 0.06% 2.13% +2.07%
2 2026-04-08 0.19% 0.06% -0.13%
3 2026-03-25 0.19%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5039

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
5.5 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5039

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-5039

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hot hotbox_router_firmware 2.1.11 cpe:2.3:o:hot:hotbox_router_firmware:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hot hotbox_router cpe:2.3:h:hot:hotbox_router:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-5039

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