# CVE-2013-2994: Auth bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack active user sessions to issue REST requests, leading to unauthorized access and potential data exposure in IBM WebSphere Commerce.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Jul 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hvgj-vxf3-92xr

## What is CVE-2013-2994?

CVE-2013-2994 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Jul 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM WebSphere Commerce 7.0 Feature Pack 4 and Feature Pack 5 incorrectly maintains a valid session after unspecified interaction with REST services, which allows remote attackers to issue REST requests in the context of an arbitrary user's active session via unknown vectors.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2994?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Websphere Commerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-2994?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-2994 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-2994 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2994 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2012-3298](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3298/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-3577](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3577/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-6973](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6973/): Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Commerce 6.0 before 6.0.0.7 have unknown impact and attack vectors. (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2016-6090](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6090/): Information disclosure in WebSphere Commerce Enterprise (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-5007](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5007/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-2994 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-2994 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Jul 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2994 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2013-2994/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2994/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2994
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2994
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-2994

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