# CVE-2013-4273: Missing authorization in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can read node comments due to improper access restrictions in the Drupal Entity API module.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/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:** 19 Jul 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9vj3-3jwh-389x

## What is CVE-2013-4273?

CVE-2013-4273 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jul 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Entity API module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.2 for Drupal does not properly restrict access to node comments, which allows remote authenticated users to read the comments via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT5 due to different researcher organizations. CVE-2013-7391 was assigned for the View vector.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4273?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Entity Api Project Entity Api.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-4273?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-4273 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-4273 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4273 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2014-1398](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1398/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2014-1399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1399/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2014-1400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1400/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2026-81158](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-81158/): Entity API - Moderately critical - Information disclosure - SA-CONTRIB-2026-113 (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2013-7391](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7391/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-4273 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-4273 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jul 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4273 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-2013-4273/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4273/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4273
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4273
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-4273

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4273/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.