CVE-2013-6953

BlogEngine.NET 2.8.0.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read usernames and password hashes via a request for the sioc.axd file.

Published: 2014-01-03 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-6953 is rated Moderate Risk (40.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-6953

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 2025-10-18 0.34% 0.40% +0.06%
2 2025-03-17 0.50% 0.34% -0.16%
3 2024-07-20 0.50%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6953

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-2013-6953

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6953

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dotnetblogengine blogengine.net <= 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:dotnetblogengine:blogengine.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotnetblogengine blogengine.net 1.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:dotnetblogengine:blogengine.net:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotnetblogengine blogengine.net 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:dotnetblogengine:blogengine.net:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotnetblogengine blogengine.net 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:dotnetblogengine:blogengine.net:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotnetblogengine blogengine.net 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotnetblogengine:blogengine.net:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotnetblogengine blogengine.net 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:dotnetblogengine:blogengine.net:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotnetblogengine blogengine.net 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:dotnetblogengine:blogengine.net:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotnetblogengine blogengine.net 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:dotnetblogengine:blogengine.net:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-6953

URL Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/553166 US Government Resource
cvelogic Threat Intelligence