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CVE-2013-2161

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2161 describes an XML injection vulnerability in OpenStack Swift versions Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana, specifically within the account/utils.py component. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate account names, leading to invalid or spoofed Swift responses. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:grizzly:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:havana:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0189 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: swiftFixed in: 1.9.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: openstack-swift-0:1.8.0-6.el6ost
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 2Fixed in: gluster-swift

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-9xgv-6v35-mmcjhigh

OpenStack Swift Unchecked user input in XML responses

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2013-2161Moderate

Swift: Unchecked user input in Swift XML responses

Jun 13, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00021.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0993.html
bugs.launchpad.net / swift/+bug/1183884
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2737
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/06/13/4