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CVE-2013-1437

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1437 describes an eval injection vulnerability in the Perl Module-Metadata module prior to version 1.000015, impacting Fedora and other systems utilizing this module. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code by manipulating the $Version value, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, 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
< 1.000015CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:module-metadata_project:module-metadata:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0294 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: perl516-perl-Module-Metadata

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1437Low

perl-Module-Metadata: incorrectly documents that it does not execute unsafe code

Aug 21, 2013

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/114904.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/114912.html
Third Party Advisory
metacpan.org / changes/distribution/Module-Metadata
Third Party Advisory