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CVE-2013-0253

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-0253 describes a vulnerability in Apache Maven 3.0.4, specifically when used with Maven Wagon 2.1, where the default configuration disables SSL certificate checks. This oversight allows remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, spoofing servers and potentially intercepting sensitive data. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.8, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:maven:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0157 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL 6 Version of OpenShift EnterpriseFixed in: jenkins-0:1.506-1.el6op
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-0253Moderate

maven-wagon: all SSL certificate checking is disabled by default

Feb 23, 2013

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0700.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
lists.apache.org / thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
maven.apache.org / security.html
PatchVendor Advisory