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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-0189

cachemgr.cgi in Squid 3.1.x and 3.2.x, possibly 3.1.22, 3.2.4, and other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted request.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 21.9%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

cachemgr.cgi in Squid 3.1.x and 3.2.x, possibly 3.1.22, 3.2.4, and other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted request. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2012-5643, possibly involving an incorrect order of arguments or incorrect comparison.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
21.91% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
squid-cache/squid · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com
EPSS trend
0%13%25%25 October 2026: 21.91%4 November 2026: 21.91%25 October 20264 November 2026

EPSS moved from 21.9% on 25 October 2026 to 21.9% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.