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CVE-2013-6492 json

The Piranha Configuration Tool in Piranha 0.8.6 does not properly restrict access to webpages, which allows remote attackers to bypass auth…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-6295

cvss
5.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The Piranha Configuration Tool in Piranha 0.8.6 does not properly restrict access to webpages, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and read or modify the LVS configuration via an HTTP POST request.

Patch / fix

  • piranha RHEL 5 CLUSTER 0.8.4-26.el5_10.1
  • piranha RHEL 6 0.8.6-4.el6_5.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0174RHSA-2014:0175

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-6492 updated cvss 5.8

piranha: web UI authentication bypass using POST requests

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 piranha
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Clustering (v. 5 server) piranha 0.8.4-26.el5_10.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0174
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (v. 6) piranha 0.8.6-4.el6_5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0175

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-39097)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-39097 RedHat Piranha - Remote Security Bypass remote, 2013-12-11

CVSS scores

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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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