CVE-2013-5640

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Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Gnew 2013.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) answer_id or (2) question_id parameter to polls/vote.php, (3) story_id parameter to comments/add.php or (4) comments/edit.php, or (5) thread_id parameter to posts/add.php. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT due to differences in researchers and disclosure dates. CVE-2013-7349 already covers the news_id parameter to news/send.php, user_email parameter to users/register.php, and thread_id to posts/edit.php vectors.

Published: 2014-03-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-5640 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.37%). Core evidence: 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.55% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2013-5640

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28684 exploit_db edb 2013-10-02 Exploit-DB ↗
27522 exploit_db edb 2013-08-12 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-5640

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 0.82% 2.37% +1.55%
2 2026-05-22 1.50% 0.82% -0.68%
3 2026-05-09 1.50%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5640

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5640

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-5640

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
raoul_proenca gnew 2013.1 cpe:2.3:a:raoul_proenca:gnew:2013.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-5640

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