The authorization functionality in Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM) 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2(25) and 4.x before 4.1(13), when multip…

published 2013-10-13 13y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-5346

cvss: 6.6; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits: 0; none known

The authorization functionality in Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM) 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2(25) and 4.x before 4.1(13), when multiple-context mode is enabled, allows local users to read or modify any context's configuration via unspecified commands, aka Bug ID CSCue46080.

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Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.6	AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20131009-fwsm
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-5506
NVD CVE-2013-5506

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