CVE-2013-5979

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in Spring Signage Xibo 1.2.x before 1.2.3 and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the p parameter to index.php.

Published: 2013-10-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-5979 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 18.27%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2013-5979

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26955 exploit_db edb 2013-07-18 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-5979

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 2026-06-18 17.80% 18.27% +0.47%
2 2026-06-15 24.19% 17.80% -6.39%
3 2026-05-16 — 24.19% —

Full EPSS history (33 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5979

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5979

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-5979

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xibosignage xibo 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:xibosignage:xibo:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xibosignage xibo 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:xibosignage:xibo:1.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
xibosignage xibo 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:xibosignage:xibo:1.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
xibosignage xibo 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:xibosignage:xibo:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xibosignage xibo 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:xibosignage:xibo:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xibosignage xibo 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:xibosignage:xibo:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xibosignage xibo 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:xibosignage:xibo:1.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
xibosignage xibo 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:xibosignage:xibo:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-5979

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