# CVE-2013-4061: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can bypass authorization checks to perform spoofing attacks via HTTP redirects in IBM Rational Policy Tester.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **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:** 9 Sep 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wgmr-5vfc-h3gx

## What is CVE-2013-4061?

CVE-2013-4061 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Sep 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

IBM Rational Policy Tester 8.5 before 8.5.0.5 does not properly check authorization for changes to the set of authentication hosts, which allows remote authenticated users to perform spoofing attacks involving an HTTP redirect via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4061?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Rational Policy Tester.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-4061?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-4061 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-4061 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2013-0513](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0513/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2013-4062](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4062/): Weak cryptography in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2013-0532](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0532/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2012-0738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0738/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 5.8)
- [CVE-2012-0741](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0741/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 5.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-4061 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-4061 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Sep 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-2013-4061 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-2013-4061/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4061/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4061
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4061
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-4061

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