# CVE-2013-4689: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass CSRF protection in Juniper Junos J-Web to hijack administrator sessions and create new admin accounts.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2013
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pp46-8hg2-xr25

## What is CVE-2013-4689?

CVE-2013-4689 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 17 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

J-Web in Juniper Junos before 10.4R13, 11.4 before 11.4R7, 12.1R before 12.1R6, 12.1X44 before 12.1X44-D15, 12.1x45 before 12.1X45-D10, 12.2 before 12.2R3, 12.3 before 12.3R2, and 13.1 before 13.1R3 allow remote attackers to bypass the cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism and hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) create new administrator accounts or (2) have other unspecified impacts.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4689?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Juniper Junos.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-4689?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-4689 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-4689 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4689 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Juniper Junos

- [CVE-2023-36845](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36845/): Juniper Junos OS EX Series and SRX Series PHP External Variable Modification (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-1631](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1631/): Juniper Junos OS Path Traversal (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-21590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21590/): Juniper Junos OS Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization (medium 6.7, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-36851](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36851/): Juniper Junos OS SRX Series Missing Authentication for Critical Function (medium 5.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-36844](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36844/): Juniper Junos OS EX Series PHP External Variable Modification (medium 5.3, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-4689 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-4689 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 17 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4689 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Juniper Junos. 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-2013-4689/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4689/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4689
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4689
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-4689

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