CVE-2013-6780

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in uploader.swf in the Uploader component in Yahoo! YUI 2.5.0 through 2.9.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the allowedDomain parameter.

Published: 2013-11-13 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-6780 is rated High Exploit Risk (62/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.38%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-6780

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-6780

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 1.20% 2.38% +1.19%
2 2026-05-20 0.78% 1.20% +0.42%
3 2026-03-22 0.78%

Full EPSS history (30 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6780

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-6780

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-6780

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6780
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-6780 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (maas, yui, yui3), 39 status rows across 13 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 28, DNE 8, ignored 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6780

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6780

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
yahoo yui 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:yui:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yahoo yui 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:yui:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yahoo yui 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:yui:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yahoo yui 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:yui:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yahoo yui 2.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:yui:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yahoo yui 2.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:yui:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yahoo yui 2.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:yui:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yahoo yui 2.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:yui:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yahoo yui 2.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:yui:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-6780

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