{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5971 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5971 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2013-5971 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5971 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Vmware Vcenter Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5971/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5971/index.md)","id":"CVE-2013-5971","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5971/index.md","name":"CVE-2013-5971","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-vr26-xfqg-vcvf"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware vCenter Server","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can hijack web sessions in VMware vCenter Server to gain unauthorized privileges, requiring user interaction to exploit.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"vcenter_server","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":6.8,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-264","name":null}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Auth bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2013-5971","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"vmware:vcenter_server","products":["vmware:vcenter_server"],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2013"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2013-5972"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2013-5970"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2013-10-21","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Broadcom VMware vCenter Path Traversal","id":"CVE-2026-59310","kev_date_added":"2026-08-18","published":"2026-07-30"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2023-34048","kev_date_added":"2024-01-22","published":"2023-10-25"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server Information Disclosure","id":"CVE-2020-3952","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2020-04-10"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server Improper Access Control","id":"CVE-2021-22017","kev_date_added":"2022-01-10","published":"2021-09-23"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-2342","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2015-10-12"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"vCenter authentication-bypass vulnerability","id":"CVE-2026-59309","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-30"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in VMware Cloud Foundation","id":"CVE-2024-37080","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-06-18"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-06","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can hijack web sessions in VMware vCenter Server to gain unauthorized privileges, requiring user interaction to exploit.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5971/"}