CVE-2013-5587

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.0.13, when MakeClicky is configured, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URL in a ticket. NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT from CVE-2013-3371 due to different affected versions.

Published: 2013-08-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-5587 is rated Low Risk (39.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.98%). EPSS rose +1.58% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-5587

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 0.41% 1.98% +1.58%
2 2025-03-17 0.25% 0.41% +0.16%
3 2024-09-17 — 0.25% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5587

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5587

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-5587

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-5587 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (request-tracker4), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5587
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-5587 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (request-tracker3.8, request-tracker4), 26 status rows across 13 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 12, not-affected 10, ignored 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5587

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-5587

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-5587

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