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medium 5.0

CVE-2013-2641 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in patience.cgi in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.8.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files vi…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-2580

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
71.0%
EPSS 71.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in patience.cgi in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.8.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the id parameter.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/admin/http/sophos_wpa_traversal)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

70.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit auxiliary/admin/http/sophos_wpa_traversal Sophos Web Protection Appliance patience.cgi Directory Traversal metasploit auxiliary, normal rank, 2013-04-03
  • EDB-24932 Sophos Web Protection Appliance 3.7.8.1 - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2013-04-08
  • sec-consult.com https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20130403-0_Sophos_Web_Protection_Appliance_Multiple_Vulnerabilities.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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