CVE-2013-5971 Auth bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2013-5971?

CVE-2013-5971 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Vmware Vcenter Server, published on 21 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

Session fixation vulnerability in the vSphere Web Client Server in VMware vCenter Server 5.0 before Update 3 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions and gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5971?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vmware Vcenter Server.

How do I fix CVE-2013-5971?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5971 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2013-5971 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5971 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vr26-xfqg-vcvf.