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CVE-2013-2254

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2254 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apache Sling, specifically affecting versions 2.2.0 and 2.3.0 of the org.apache.sling.servlets.post.bundle. The flaw lies in the deepGetOrCreateNode function, which fails to properly handle a NULL return when the session lacks root node permissions, leading to an infinite loop. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) with an attack vector of network, low complexity, and no authentication required, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:org.apache.sling.servlets.post:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:org.apache.sling.servlets.post:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0409 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.apiFixed in: 2.4.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-cxwh-vmhg-39r2medium

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apache Sling

May 17, 2022

References

mail-archives.apache.org / mod_mbox/sling-dev/201310.mbox/%3CCAKkCf4pue6PnESsP1KTdEDJm1gpkANFaK%2BvUd9mzEVT7tXL%2B3A%40mail.gmail.com%3E
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/55157
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/87765
issues.apache.org / jira/browse/SLING-2913
ExploitPatch
securityfocus.com / bid/62903