VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-2113

The create method in app/controllers/users_controller.rb in Foreman before 1.2.0-RC2 allows remote authenticated users with permissions to create or edit other users to gain privileges by (1) changing the admin flag or (2) assigning an arbitrary role.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 6.0EPSS 20.9%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 6.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 20.93% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 August 2013
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-264
Affected: redhat/openstack · theforeman/foreman
Source: secalert@redhat.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 20.9% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-27776 source ↗	Foreman (RedHat OpenStack/Satellite) - users/create Mass Assignment (Metasploit)linux · Metasploit	webapps	22 August 2013	yes

References

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