# CVE-2013-3395: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack user authentication on Cisco IronPort security appliances via cross-site request forgery.

- **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:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jul 2013
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-frh6-gvpq-g5hv

## What is CVE-2013-3395?

CVE-2013-3395 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Web Security Appliance, published on 2 Jul 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 the web framework on Cisco IronPort Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices, Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices, and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) devices allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users, aka Bug IDs CSCuh70263, CSCuh70323, and CSCuh26634.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3395?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Cisco Content Security Management Appliance, Cisco Email Security Appliance Firmware, Cisco Web Security Appliance.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-3395?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3395 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-3395 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3395 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Web Security Appliance

- [CVE-2014-2119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2119/): File upload in n/a (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2015-6321](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6321/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2013-5537](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5537/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2016-2183](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2183/): Weak cryptography in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-1447](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1447/): Cisco Content Security Management Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (medium 6.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-3395 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-3395 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Web Security Appliance, published on 2 Jul 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-2013-3395 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Web Security Appliance. 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-2013-3395/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3395/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3395
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3395
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-3395

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3395/
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