Symphony
CVE-2013-2559
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.15%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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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/. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Use parameterized queries/prepared statements. Never concatenate user input into SQL. Apply least-privilege database permissions.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as SQL Injection (CWE-89), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database. 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. Affected products include: Getsymphony Symphony. Version information: before 2.3.2.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
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Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Session fixation vulnerability in Symphony CMS 2.6.7, when session.use_only_cookies is disabled, allows remote attackers
Remote Code Execution vulnerability in symphony/content/content.blueprintsdatasources.php in Symphony CMS through 2.6.11
An issue in symphony v.3.6.3 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the log4j component. Rate
b3log Symphony (aka Sym) 2.6.0 allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary JSP files via the name[] paramete
A XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability was discovered in symphony\lib\toolkit\class.xmlelement.php in Symphony 2.7.10
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Symphony CMS before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authe
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in content/content.systempreferences.php in Symphony CMS before 2.6.
b3log Symphony (aka Sym) 2.2.0 does not properly address XSS in JSON objects, as demonstrated by a crafted userAvatarURL
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Symphony CMS 2.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web
b3log Symphony (aka Sym) 2.2.0 allows an XSS attack by sending a private letter with a certain /article URI, and a secon
content/content.blueprintsevents.php in Symphony CMS 3.0.0 allows XSS via fields['name'] to appendSubheading. Rated medi
b3log Symphony (aka Sym) before 3.6.0 has XSS via the HTTP User-Agent header. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vul