# CVE-2013-5455: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can improperly modify or delete virtual system deployments due to missing authorization checks in the CLI.

- **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:** 7 Dec 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-744c-3hq9-9r9w

## What is CVE-2013-5455?

CVE-2013-5455 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Dec 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1 before FP3 IF0001 allows remote authenticated users to modify virtual-system deployment via deployer.virtualsystems CLI commands, as demonstrated by a deletion using a deployer.virtualsystems[#].delete command.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5455?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Smartcloud Provisioning.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-5455?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5455 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-5455 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5455 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-5455 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-5455 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 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-2013-5455 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-2013-5455/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5455/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5455
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5455
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-5455

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