CVE-2013-4423 Information disclosure in CloudForms
Medium 5.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-4423 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2013-4423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CloudForms, published on 4 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4423 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: CloudForms. 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-2013-4423/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4423/index.md)
Red Hat CloudForms stores user passwords in a recoverable format, allowing attackers with database access to read plaintext credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-4423?
CVE-2013-4423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CloudForms, published on 4 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
CloudForms stores user passwords in recoverable format
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4423?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Cloudforms.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4423?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2013-4423 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4423 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in CloudForms
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4vvx-w2jg-w5cm.