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CVE-2013-2153

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2153 is a vulnerability in Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (xml-security-c) versions prior to 1.7.1, allowing attackers to bypass XML digital signature validation. By crafting specific Reference elements within a Signature, an attacker can reuse existing signatures to spoof arbitrary content. This medium-complexity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a partial impact on integrity with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xml_security_for_c\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xml_security_for_c\+\+:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xml_security_for_c\+\+:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xml_security_for_c\+\+:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xml_security_for_c\+\+:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0477 is in the 89th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0140.html
santuario.apache.org / secadv.data/CVE-2013-2153.txt
Exploit
lists.apache.org / thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
svn.apache.org / viewvc/santuario/xml-security-cpp/trunk/xsec/dsig/DSIGReference.cpp
Patch
tenable.com / security/tns-2018-15
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2710