CVE-2013-1397 Symfony Arbitrary PHP code Execution

What is CVE-2013-1397?

CVE-2013-1397 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Sensiolabs Symfony, published on 2 Jun 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Symfony 2.0.x before 2.0.22, 2.1.x before 2.1.7, and 2.2.x remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a serialized PHP object to the (1) Yaml::parse or (2) Yaml\Parser::parse function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1348.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1397?

12 open source packages ship an affected version, including symfony/symfony and symfony/yaml. It affects 1 product.

Products include Sensiolabs Symfony.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1397?

Upgrade symfony/symfony to a fixed version for your release line: 2.0.22, 2.1.7 or 2.2.0-BETA2.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2013-1397 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1397 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Sensiolabs Symfony

• CVE-2019-11325 Improper Input Validation in Symfony Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-11365 Symfony Incorrect Access Control Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-10913 Invalid HTTP method overrides allow possible XSS or other attacks in Symfony Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-11407 Symfony Authentication Bypass Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-2403 Symfony Authentication Bypass Critical 9.8

All Sensiolabs Symfony vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-7w53-hfpw-rg3g.