# CVE-2013-1734: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack user authentication to modify attachments in Bugzilla via CSRF, requiring user interaction.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 24 Oct 2013
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-72hp-6j2j-hrg9

## What is CVE-2013-1734?

CVE-2013-1734 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Bugzilla, published on 24 Oct 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in attachment.cgi in Bugzilla 2.x, 3.x, and 4.0.x before 4.0.11; 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.7; and 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that commit an attachment change via an update action.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1734?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mozilla Bugzilla.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-1734?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2013-1734 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1734 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Bugzilla

- [CVE-2004-0769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0769/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-1042](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1042/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-1043](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1043/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2002-0007](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0007/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2018-5123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5123/): Cross-site request forgery in Bugzilla (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-1734 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-1734 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Bugzilla, published on 24 Oct 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1734 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mozilla Bugzilla. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1734/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1734/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1734
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1734
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-1734

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