CVE-2013-2113

medium

Published 2013-07-31 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.0

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_admin/http/foreman_openstack_satellite_priv_esc rank 300

Foreman (Red Hat OpenStack/Satellite) users/create Mass Assignment

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
redhat	openstack	`3.0`
theforeman	foreman	`{"endIncluding":"1.2.0"}`
theforeman	foreman	`1.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.