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medium 5.8

CVE-2013-5960 json

Missing Cryptographic Step in OWASP Enterprise Security API for Java

published 2013-09-30 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-2g56-7jv7-wxxq , EUVD-2022-1979

cvss
5.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The authenticated-encryption feature in the symmetric-encryption implementation in the OWASP Enterprise Security API (ESAPI) for Java 2.x before 2.1.0.1 does not properly resist tampering with serialized ciphertext, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended cryptographic protection mechanisms via an attack against the intended cipher mode in a non-default configuration, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-5679.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.owasp.esapi:esapi 2.1.0.1
  • owasp enterprise_security_api 2.1.0.1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-5960 updated cvss 5.6

owasp-esapi-java: symmetric encryption MAC bypass

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • lists.owasp.org http://lists.owasp.org/pipermail/esapi-dev/2013-August/002285.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • code.google.com http://code.google.com/p/owasp-esapi-java/issues/detail?id=306 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.owasp.esapi:esapi
>=2.0.0.0, <2.1.0.1
2.1.0.1

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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