# CVE-2013-2113: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Authenticated users with user creation permissions can escalate privileges to admin by modifying the admin flag or assigning arbitrary roles.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`AV:N/AC:M/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 31 Jul 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5f23-fjp4-22q7

## What is CVE-2013-2113?

CVE-2013-2113 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openstack, published on 31 Jul 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The create method in app/controllers/users_controller.rb in Foreman before 1.2.0-RC2 allows remote authenticated users with permissions to create or edit other users to gain privileges by (1) changing the admin flag or (2) assigning an arbitrary role.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2113?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Redhat Openstack, Theforeman Foreman.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-2113?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2013-2113 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-2113 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Foreman (Red Hat OpenStack/Satellite) users/create Mass Assignment (metasploit)
- Foreman (RedHat OpenStack/Satellite) - users/create Mass Assignment (Metasploit) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openstack

- [CVE-2015-1842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1842/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-2637](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2637/): Auth bypass in rhosp-director (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-38065](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38065/): Privilege escalation in OpenStack (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-4474](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4474/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-31918](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-31918/): Information disclosure in tripleo-ansible (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-2113 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-2113 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openstack, published on 31 Jul 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-2113 exists.

Affected product: Redhat Openstack. 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-2013-2113/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2113/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2113
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2113
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-2113

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