# CVE-2013-4012: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can install Portal Application Archives without administrative privileges, allowing data modification or denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/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:** No
- **Published:** 22 Dec 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-prp4-9j5q-75c3

## What is CVE-2013-4012?

CVE-2013-4012 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Portal, published on 22 Dec 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.x before 8.0.0.1 CF09, when Content Template Catalog 4.0 is used, does not require administrative privileges for Portal Application Archive (PAA) file installation, which allows remote authenticated users to modify data or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4012?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Websphere Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-4012?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-4012 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-4012 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4012 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Portal

- [CVE-2008-5675](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5675/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-1156](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1156/): Open redirect in WebSphere Portal (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2013-2951](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2951/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2015-7419](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7419/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2015-1943](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1943/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-4012 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-4012 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Portal, published on 22 Dec 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-2013-4012 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Websphere Portal. 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-2013-4012/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4012/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4012
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4012
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-4012

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4012/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.