CVE-2013-5054

Microsoft Office 2013 and 2013 RT allows remote attackers to discover authentication tokens via a crafted response to a file-open request for an Office file on a web site, as exploited in the wild in 2013, aka "Token Hijacking Vulnerability."

Published: 2013-12-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-5054 is rated Moderate Risk (52.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.77%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +1.35% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-5054

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 11.42% 12.77% +1.35%
2 2025-03-30 15.77% 11.42% -4.35%
3 2025-03-29 15.77%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5054

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5054

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-5054

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft office 2013 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:-:-:*:-:-:x64:*
microsoft office 2013 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:-:-:*:-:-:x86:*
microsoft office_2013_rt cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2013_rt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-5054

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