CVE-2013-2559
SQL injection vulnerability in Symphony CMS before 2.3.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 2.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in Symphony CMS before 2.3.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort parameter to system/authors/. NOTE: this can be leveraged using CSRF to allow remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Symphony - 'sort' SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 38417webapps, phppublished 3 Apr 2013Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 13 months later
· 13 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- symphony-sort-sql-injection(83227) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20130403 SQL Injection Vulnerability in Symphony (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23148 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 58843 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/symphonycms/symphony-2/commit/6c8aa4e9c810994f7632837487426867ce50f468 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.getsymphony.com/download/releases/version/2.3.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-2501 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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