CVE-2013-5093

Exp

The renderLocalView function in render/views.py in graphite-web in Graphite 0.9.5 through 0.9.10 uses the pickle Python module unsafely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object.

Published: 2013-09-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-5093 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 38.67%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 6 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2013-5093

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-5093

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 83.61% 38.67% -44.94%
2 2026-03-04 79.09% 83.61% +4.53%
3 2026-03-01 79.09%

Full EPSS history (50 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5093

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5093

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-5093

GHSA-m923-w2gj-v43g · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: pip — graphite-web is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via renderLocalView function

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-5093

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-5093 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (graphite-web), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5093
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-5093 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (graphite-web), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): DNE 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5093

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-5093

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
graphite_project graphite 0.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:graphite_project:graphite:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
graphite_project graphite 0.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:graphite_project:graphite:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
graphite_project graphite 0.9.7 cpe:2.3:a:graphite_project:graphite:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
graphite_project graphite 0.9.8 cpe:2.3:a:graphite_project:graphite:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
graphite_project graphite 0.9.9 cpe:2.3:a:graphite_project:graphite:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
graphite_project graphite 0.9.10 cpe:2.3:a:graphite_project:graphite:0.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-5093

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