# CVE-2013-2048: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can execute arbitrary API commands due to improper permission checks, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:** No
- **Published:** 14 Mar 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wq9j-6h98-5f7j

## What is CVE-2013-2048?

CVE-2013-2048 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Owncloud Owncloud, published on 14 Mar 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

ownCloud before 5.0.6 does not properly check permissions, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary API commands via unspecified vectors.  NOTE: this can be leveraged using CSRF to allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary API commands.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2048?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Owncloud Owncloud, Owncloud Owncloud Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-2048?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-2048 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-2048 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2048 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Owncloud Owncloud

- [CVE-2021-35946](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35946/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-2052](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2052/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-2048](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2048/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-28645](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-28645/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2015-4718](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4718/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-2048 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-2048 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Owncloud Owncloud, published on 14 Mar 2014. 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-2013-2048 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Owncloud Owncloud. 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-2013-2048/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2048/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2048
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2048
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-2048

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2048/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.