# CVE-2013-3514: Path traversal in n/a

> Remote administrators can read arbitrary files via path traversal, or unauthenticated attackers can do so via CSRF, in OpenX ad server.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 May 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wx4f-4xhm-qc7x

## What is CVE-2013-3514?

CVE-2013-3514 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 May 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in OpenX before 2.8.10 revision 82710 allow remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the group parameter to (1) plugin-preferences.php or (2) plugin-settings.php in www/admin, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7376.  NOTE: this can be leveraged using CSRF to allow remote unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3514?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Openx Openx.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-3514?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3514 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-3514 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3514 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- OpenX 2.8.10 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2013-4211](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4211/): Code injection in Ad Server (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2013-7149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7149/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2012-4990](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4990/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2009-4830](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4830/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2008-6163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6163/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-3514 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-3514 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 May 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3514 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-2013-3514/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3514/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3514
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3514
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-3514

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3514/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.