# CVE-2013-5528: Path traversal in n/a

> Authenticated attackers can read arbitrary files on Cisco Unified Communications Manager via directory traversal in the Tomcat admin interface.

- **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:** 11 Oct 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jrxj-vh2x-2cc8

## What is CVE-2013-5528?

CVE-2013-5528 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, published on 11 Oct 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Tomcat administrative web interface in Cisco Unified Communications Manager allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in an unspecified input string, aka Bug ID CSCui78815.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5528?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-5528?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5528 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-5528 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-5528 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7/8/9 - Directory Traversal (exploitdb)
- Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7/8/9 - Directory Traversal (nuclei): http/cves/2013/CVE-2013-5528.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager

- [CVE-2026-20230](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20230/): Cisco Unified Communications Manager Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-20045](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20045/): Cisco Unified Communications Products Code Injection (high 8.2, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-20309](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20309/): Cisco Unified Communications Manager Static SSH Credentials Vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-1643](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1643/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-20253](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20253/): Deserialization in Cisco Packaged Contact Center Enterprise (critical 9.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-5528 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-5528 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, published on 11 Oct 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-5528 exists.

Affected product: Cisco Unified Communications Manager. 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-2013-5528/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5528/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5528
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5528
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-5528

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