CVE-2013-2562 describes a cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in Mambo CMS version 4.6.5, where the MySQL database password is saved unencrypted within the document root. This allows local attackers to gain unauthorized access to the database password. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), the vulnerability requires local access and has a low impact on confidentiality, with no integrity or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code available in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mambo-foundation:mambo_cms:4.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.