CVE-2013-4650 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

MongoDB 2.4.x before 2.4.5 and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to obtain internal system privileges by leveraging a username of __system in an arbitrary database.

Published: 2013-07-04

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.4.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:2.5.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-4505	MongoDB 2.4.x before 2.4.5 and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to obtain internal system privileges by leveraging a username of __system in an arbitrary database.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00456.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.mongodb.org/about/alerts/
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-9983

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mongodb Mongodb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-07-04T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:11:11.616Z

Reserved: 2013-06-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4650

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-07-04T14:33:41.667

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-4650

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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