CVE-2013-2113 EXPLOIT
6.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 20.9% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The create method in app/controllers/users_controller.rb in Foreman before 1.2.0-RC2 allows remote authenticated users with permissions to create or edit other users to gain privileges by (1) changing the admin flag or (2) assigning an arbitrary role.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 20.93% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2013-07-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| redhat | openstack |
| theforeman | foreman |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Foreman (RedHat OpenStack/Satellite) - users/create Mass Assignment (Metasploit) | 2013-08-22 |
References
- http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/2630
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0995.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968166
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/foreman-users/6WpO_3ugiXU
- http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/2630
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0995.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968166
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/foreman-users/6WpO_3ugiXU
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