ServerAdmin/TestTelnetConnection.jsp in DS3 Authentication Server allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell…

published 2013-06-28 13y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-4027

cvss: 9.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 9.1%; EPSS 9.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

ServerAdmin/TestTelnetConnection.jsp in DS3 Authentication Server allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the HOST_NAME field.

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Timeline

2013-06-05 First public exploit (EDB-25976)
2013-06-28 Published

Exploit prediction

9.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-25976 DS3 Authentication Server - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2013-06-05

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	9.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-4096
NVD CVE-2013-4096

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