# CVE-2013-5489: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive information from logs or browser history due to improper restriction of GET request content in Cisco SocialMiner.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 13 Sep 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-72vx-3m42-xvc7

## What is CVE-2013-5489?

CVE-2013-5489 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Sep 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

The gadget implementation in Cisco SocialMiner does not properly restrict the content of GET requests, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading (1) web-server access logs, (2) web-server Referer logs, or (3) the browser history, aka Bug ID CSCuh74125.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5489?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Socialminer.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-5489?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5489 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-5489 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5489 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2017-12216](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12216/): XML external entity in Cisco SocialMiner (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-1668](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1668/): Cisco SocialMiner Chat Feed Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2018-15435](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15435/): Cisco SocialMiner Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2017-6702](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6702/): Cross-site scripting in Cisco SocialMiner (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2018-0290](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0290/): Denial of service in Cisco SocialMiner Notification System (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-5489 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-5489 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Sep 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-2013-5489 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-2013-5489/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5489/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5489
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5489
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-5489

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