CVE-2013-5220

Exp

goform/login on the HOT HOTBOX router with software 2.1.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via crafted HTTP POST data.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-5220 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.66%). Core evidence: 3 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-2013-5220

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29518 exploit_db edb 2013-11-08 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-5220

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 2026-04-08 1.88% 0.66% -1.22%
2 2026-03-25 1.56% 1.88% +0.32%
3 2026-03-03 1.56%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5220

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
6.5 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5220

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-5220

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-2013-5220

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